JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



e Copper-Mine 

 with the Esqui- 

 -Departiire of the Indian Hunters— An-angements made 



1S21, The trains for the canoes having been 

 June 14. finished during the night, the party at- 

 tached to them commenced their journey at ten 

 this morning. Each canoe was dragged by four 

 men, assisted by two dogs. They took the route 

 of Winter Lake, with the intention of following, 

 although more circuitous, the water-course as far 

 as practicable, it being safer for the canoes than 

 travelling over land. After their departure, the 

 remaining stores, the instruments, and our small 

 stock of dried meat, amounting only to eighty 

 pounds, were distributed equally among Hepburn, 

 three Canadians, and the two Esquimaux ; with 

 this party and two Indian hunters, we quitted 



portfolio con 

 of September. But the 1 

 brother officers' journals, from v^ 

 has been chiefly compiled. 



