102 GEORGE BRYCE : OUTLINES OF 
in the name of Great Britain. On Sept. 3, they reëntered Coppermine River. 
On the 14th, they arrived at Fort Confidence for winter. 
1839.—June 15—Descended the Coppermine, and in eighteen days emerged from its 
mouth. Aug. 20, reached furthest point east, Cape Britannia, 94° W., having been 
within one hundred miles of the Magnetic Pole, on Boothia Felix. Simpson and 
Dease explored the Arctic Coast for 40°—a marvellous result. On Sept. 24, they 
arrived at Fort Confidence again. 
1840.—Feb. 2.—The party reached Fort Garry. June 30, Simpson desired to return to 
Arctic Sea, but, no instructions coming, started home, and on the 13th or 14th, 
was killed on prairies of Minnesota, either by half-breeds or by suicide. Body 
taken back to Red River settlement, and buried in St. John’s Cemetery, 
Winnipeg. 
(10) Joun RAE, M.D. 
This expedition was to follow up the discoverers of Simpson and Dease, but by 
exploring the coast of Hudson Bay and reaching, if possible, the Cape Britannia of the 
aforesaid explorers. 
1846.—June 13.—Dr. Rae, with ten men, started in two boats, the “ North Pole” and 
“Magnet,” from York Factory. 
July 5, party left Fort Churchill. On Sept. 2, expedition wintered in house they had 
built, which was called “ Fort Hope.” This was on Repulse Bay. 

1847.— April 19.—Reached Lord Mayor Bay, on the north side of Rae Isthmus, and on 
Gulf of Boothia, and erected a monument. In May they reached Fort Hope, and 
again sallied forth to coast the west shore of Melville Peninsula. A point was 
reached within ten miles of the Straits of Fury and Hecla. June 9, arrived at 
Fort Hope again. Aug. 12, Fort Hope left for return to York Factory. Sept. 6, 
party arrived at York Factory. 
(11) Str Jonw RICHARDSON. (Overland Search for Sir John Franklin.) 
In 1845, Sir John Franklin, in the ships “ Erebus” and “Terror,” with a party of 130, 
had sailed away to seek the North-West passage. Two of the expeditions to search for 
the lost navigator were overland, or along the coast of Rupert’s Land. 
1848.—March 25.—Dr. Richardson, accompanied by Dr. Rae, left England. Not less than 
180 tons of pemmican, made from beef in £ngland, was shipped to Rupert’s 
Land, by way of Hudson Bay, for the use of the expedition. The expedition 
proceeded by New York, Montreal, the Ottawa Canal route, the Upper Lakes, 
River and Lake Winnipeg, ete. July 11, Fort Chippewyan was reached. By 
Aug. 3, the mouth of the Mackenzie River, on the Arctic Sea, was gained. 
During the autumn of this year, the party was not able to reach the mouth of the 
Coppermine, along the coast. Having gained Back’s Inlet, the expedition made 
across the country for Coppermine River, reached it, and, ascending it, came to 
the house already erected, to which the name “ Fort Confidence ” had been given. 
