Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . eman before, and had no articles of civilisation were all dressed in deerskins, and armed with longbows, arrows, and spears, beaten out of native use of tobacco was quite unknown to them, and fire-arms they had only heard about. They gave me a gooddeal of information about their country and the copperdeposits along the Arctic coast, and I obtained from themseveral copper implements, such as dags, spear and arrowheads, needles, &c., all beaten out of native copper, givingthem in exchange knives, files, and needles, which las
Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . eman before, and had no articles of civilisation were all dressed in deerskins, and armed with longbows, arrows, and spears, beaten out of native use of tobacco was quite unknown to them, and fire-arms they had only heard about. They gave me a gooddeal of information about their country and the copperdeposits along the Arctic coast, and I obtained from themseveral copper implements, such as dags, spear and arrowheads, needles, &c., all beaten out of native copper, givingthem in exchange knives, files, and needles, which last-appeared to have by far the most value in their exhibited no signs of fear at our approach. Theywere a jovial lot, and camped with us that night. In theevening they sang together, rather nicely I thought, andnext morning we separated, with many signs of friendshipon their part. On Clinton-Golden Lake, a very incorrect DominionGovernment map in my possession was the cause of ourgoing nearly a hundred miles out of our way. From. HUDSON BAY TO GREAT SLAVE LAKE 15 Clinton-Colden Lake to Fond-du-Iac on Great Slave Lake,the geography of the country is well known, if not veryaccurately surveyed. On Artillery Lake we struck the greenspruce again about half-way down, and there we bade fare-well to the Barren Northland, over which we had journeyedfor well-nigh four months, and which had treated us so hos-pitably. Lockhart River flowing from the foot of ArtilleryLake into Great Slave Lake is only navigable for canoesthe first five miles or so, beyond which distance it flowstorrent-wise through a deep precipitous chasm. In ourprogress down this troublesome stream we had madeseveral portages, and it was getting on for camping timewhen an unlucky accident occurred. When the canoe wasbeing let|down a small side rapid by a bow-and-stern line,the stern line parted, and the tail of the canoe was quicklyswung out into the current. In an instant it was caughtby the rapids, and the bow-
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