FISHERY ISLAND. Gl 



CHAP. XV. 



OCCURRENCES IN WINTER. 



FORT CONFIDENCE. — SITUATION. — SILURIAN LIMESTONE. — LAKE 

 BASIN. TREES. DWELLING-HOUSE. OCCUPATIONS. LET- 

 TERS. — GALENA NEWSPAPER. — OREGON "SPECTATOR." — EX- 

 TENT of the Hudson's bay company's territory. — 



FISHERIES. VENISON. — WOLVERENES. NATIVE SOCIALISM. 



PROVISIONS COLLECTED AT FORT CONFIDENCE. FETES. 



WINTER FISHERY. ESKIMO SLEDS REINDEER. WOLVERINE. 



WOLVES. HONESTY OF THE DOG-RIBS. THEIR INDO- 

 LENCE. — PROVISIONS NOT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY. INDIANS 



MOVE OFF. AN ACCOUCHEMENT. CCELEBS IN SEARCH OF 



A WIFE. MIGHT MAKES RIGHT. NONE BUT THE BRAVE 



DESERVE THE FAIR. — PROGRESS OF THE SEASONS. — TEMPE- 

 RATURE. ARRIVAL OF SUMMER BIRDS. AT FORT CONFI- 

 DENCE. — AT FORT FRANKLIN. — ON THE YUKON. 



The site selected for our winter residence was 

 about three miles from the mouth of Dease Biver, 

 on a peninsula having an undulating surface, 

 which, at the distance of three or four miles from 

 the lake, attained a height of about three hundred 

 feet. In front, or to the south, and separated 

 from the main by a strait five or six hundred 

 yards in width, lies Fishery Island, elevated 

 towards its centre two hundred and forty-five feet 

 above the water.* 



* This altitude was ascertained by Mr. Kae in the spring of 

 1848 by the aneroid barometer. 



