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A JOURNEY TO THE 
1771, part of the Winter, {naring deer in the fame man- 
‘v— ner asthofe before mentioned. Indeed, it fhould 
March 
scth. 
23d. 
26th. 
feem that this, as well as fome other places, had 
been frequented more than once on this occafion; — 
for the wood that had been cut down for fewel, 
and other ufes, was almoft incredible. Before 
morning, the weather became fo bad, and the 
ftorm continued to rage with fuch violence, that 
we did not move for feveral days; and as fome 
of the Indians we met with at this place were go- 
ing to Prince of Wales’s Fort in the Summer, f 
embraced the opportunity of fending by them a~ 
Letter to the Chief at that Fort, agreeably to the 
tenor of my inftructions. By fumming up my 
courfes and diftances from my laft obfervation, 
for the weather at that time would not permit 
me to obferve, | judged myfelf to be in latitude 
° 20' North, and about 19° 60’ of longitude to 
the Weft of Churchill River. This, and fome 
accounts of the ufage I received from the natives, 
with my opinion of the future fuccefs of the 
journey, formed the contents of my Letter. 
On the twenty-third, the weather became fine 
and moderate, fo we once more purfued our way, 
and the next day, as well as on the twenty-fixth, 
{aw {everal more tents of Northern Indians, who 
were employed in the fame manner as thofe we 
had formerly met; but fome of them having had 
bad fuccefs, and being relations or acquaintances 
of part of my crew, joined our company, and 
procecded with us to the Weftward. Though 
the 
