CONTENTS. 
my Indians wreftled for her.—Arrive at the Great 
Athapufcow River.—Walk along the fide of the Ri- 
ver for feveral days, and then ftrike off to the Eaft- 
ward.— Difficulty in getting through the woods in 
“many places.—Meet with fome ftrange Northern 
Indians on their return from the Fort.—Meet more 
Strangers, whom my companions plundered, and from 
whom they took one of their young women.—Curious 
manner of life which thofe frrangers lead, and the 
reafon they gave for roving fo far from their ufual 
refidence.—Leave the fine level country of the Atha- 
pufcows, and arrive at the Stony Hills of the Nor- 
thern Indian Country.— Meet fome range Northern 
Indians, one of whom carried a letter for me to 
Prince of Wales’s Fort, in March one thoufand feven 
hundred and feventy-one, and now gave me an an- 
fwer to it, dated twentieth of une following.— 
Indians begin preparing wood-work and birch-rind . 
for canoes.—The equinoctial gale very fevere.— 
Indian method of running the moofe deer down by 
Speed of foot.—Arrival at Theeleyaza River.— 
See fome ftrangers.—The brutality of my, compani- 
anse——A tremendous gale and _fnow-drift.—Meet 
with more firangers ;—remarks on it.—Leave all 
the elderly people and children, and proceed direéily 
to the Fort.—Stop to build canoes, and then ad- 
vance.— Several of the Indians die through hunger, 
and many others are obliged to decline the yourney for 
want of ammunition.—A violent ftorm and inunda- 
tion, that forced us to the top of a high hill, where 
we fuffered great diftre/s for more than two days. 
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