PREFACE. 



The folio mng pages contain the narrative of an 

 Expedition across tlie Continent of Korth America, 

 tlirough the Hudson's Bay Territories, into British 

 Columbia, by one of the northern passes in the 

 E/Ocky Mountains. The expedition was undertaken 

 with the design of discovering the most direct route 

 through British territory to the gold regions of 

 Cariboo, and exploring the unknown country on the 

 western flank of the Rocky Mountains, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the sources of the north branch of the 

 Thompson River. 



The Authors have been anxious to give a faithful 

 account of their travels and adventures amongst the 

 prairies, forests, and mountains of the Far West, and 

 have studiously endeavoured to preserve the greatest 

 accuracy in describing countries previously little 

 known. But one of the principal objects they have 



