﻿CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Page 

 Route assigned to the Expedition under command of Sir 

 John Fi-anklin. Names of the Officers. Erebus and 

 Terror. Date of its sailing. Last Letters. Sir John 

 Franklin's last Official Letter. Last Sight of the Expe- 

 dition. Sir John Ross proposes a Search. Discussion 

 of Various Opinions offi^red respecting the Fate of the 

 Expedition. Plans of Search adopted. Main Objects 

 of the Overland Searching Expedition. Instructions 

 from the Admiralty - - - - - 1 



CHAP. 11. 



Overland Searching Expedition. Routes through the In- 

 terior. Hudson's Bay Ships. Pemican. Boats. Boat 

 Party leaves England. Arrives at Winter Quarters, 

 Volunteers. Mr. John Rae appointed to the Expedition. 

 The Author and Mr. Rae sail from England. Land at 

 New York. Proceed to Montreal and La Chine. Canoe- 

 men. Saut Ste. Marie. Voyage to the North. Reach 

 Cumberland House - - - - - 32 



CHAP. IIL 



Pine Island Lake. Silurian Strata. Sturgeon River. 

 Progress of Spring. Beaver Lake. Isle a la Crosse 

 Brigade. Ridge River. Native Schoolmaster and his 

 Family. Two Kinds of Sturgeon. Native Medicines. 

 Bald Eagles. Pelicans. Black-Bellied and Cayenne 

 Terns. Cranes. Frog Portage. Missinipi or Church- 



