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1771. 
~ barren ground; and as the fall advances, are 
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April. z \ 
converted into fnow-fhoe frames for Winter ufe. __ 
z8th. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
ferve.as tent-poles all the fummer, while on the 
Birchrind, together with timbers and other wood- 
work for building canoes, were alfo another ob- | 
ject of the Indian’s attention while at this place; 
but as the canoes were not to be fet up till our 
arrival at Clowey, (which was many miles diftant,) 
all the wood-work was reduced to its proper fize, 
for the fake of making it light for carriage. 
» As to myfelf, I had little to do, except to make 
a few obfervations for determining the latitude, 
bringing up my journal, and filling up my chart 
to the prefent time. I found the latitude of this 
place 61° 30' North, and its longitude, by my ac- 
count, 19° Welt of Prince of Wales’s Fort. 
Having a good ftock of dried provifions, and 
moft of the neceflary work for canoes all ready, 
on the eighteenth we moved about nine or ten 
miles to the North North Welt, and then came 
to a tent of Northern Indians who were tenting 
on the North fide of Thelewey-aza River. From | 
thefe Indians Matonabbee purchafed another wife; 
fo that he had now no lefs than feven, moft of 
whom would for fize have made good grena- 
diers. He prided himfelf much in the height 
and ftrength of his wives, and would frequently 
fay, few women would carry or haul heavier loads; 
and though they had, in general, a very mafcu- 
line appearance, yet he preferred them to thofe of 
a more delicate form and moderate ftature. 
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