NORTHERN OCEAN. 247 
Renda ALP. VELL. 
Tranfactions and Remarks from our Arrival on 
the South Side of the Athapufcow Lake, till our 
Arrival at Prince of Wales’s Fort on Churchill 
River. 
Crofs the Athapufcow Lake.—Defcription of it and 
its productions, as far as could be difcovered in 
Winter, «when the fnow was on the ground. Fifh 
found in the take.~-Defcription of the buffalo ;— 
of the moofe or elk, and the method of dreffing their 
Sains. —Find a woman alone that had not feen a 
human face for more than feven months,—Her ac- 
count how /he came to be in that fituation ; and her 
curious method of procuring a livelibood.— Many of 
my Indians wreftled for her.—Arrive at the Great 
Athapufcow River.—Walk along the fide of the Ri- 
ver for feveral days, and then ferike 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 
Jirangers, whom my companions plundered, and from 
whom they took one of their young women.—Curious 
manner of life which thofe ftrangers 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 
