. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. A JOURNEY TO THE legs with fuch violence as to endanger any birch- rind canoe that comes within their reach ; for which reafon all the Indians who kill deer upon the water are provided with a long (lick that will reach far beyond the head of the canoe. The moofe are alfo the ea
. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. A JOURNEY TO THE legs with fuch violence as to endanger any birch- rind canoe that comes within their reach ; for which reafon all the Indians who kill deer upon the water are provided with a long (lick that will reach far beyond the head of the canoe. The moofe are alfo the eafieil to tame and do- mefticate of any of the deer kind. I have repeat- ediy feen them at Churchill as tame as iheep*, and even more fo; for they would follow their keeper any diftance from home, and at his call return with him, without the lead trouble, or ever offering to deviate fiom the pathf. The flefli of the moofe is very good, though the grain is bt\f coarfe, and it is much tougher than any other kind of venifon. The nofe is mod ex- cellent, as is alfo the tongue, though by no means fo fat and delicate as that of the common deer. It is perhaps worth remarking, that the livers of the ⢠The moofe formerly fent to his Majefty was fri m that pl|ice. A young male was alfo put on board thefliip, bur it liied on the ,iaflage, otherwifcit is probable they might have propagated in thtscouulry. â f Since the above wa» wjittcn, the fame luiian that brought all the above-mentioned young moofe to the Faflory luJ, in the year 1777, two othei5, fo tame, that when on his paflTagc to Piincc of Wales's Fort in a canoe, the moofe always fol!'«wcd him i^long the bank of the river; and at night, or on any other occafion when the Indains landed, the young moolc generally came and fondled on them, in the fame manner as the mofl do- medic animal would have done, and never offered to ftray from the tents. Unfortunately, in crofling a deep bay in one of the lakes, (on a fine day,) all
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