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A JOURNEY TO THE 
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 “fune Jollowing.— 
Indians begin preparing wood-work and birch-rind 
Jor canoes.—The equincttial gale very fevere.— 
Indian method of running the moofe deer down byl 
Speed of foot.—Arrival at Theeleyaza River.— 
See fome firangers.—T he brutality of my compani- 
ons.—-A tremendous gale and Jnow-drift.— Meet 
with more firangers ;—remarks on it.—Leave all 
the elderly people and children, and proceed direétlly 
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 Journey for 
want of ammunition.—A violent form and inunda- 
tion, that forced us to the top of a high bill, where 
we fujered great diftrefs for more than two days. 
—Kill feveral deer.—The Indians method of pre- | 
Jerving the fih without the affiftance of falt.—See 
Jeveral Indians that were going to Knapp’s Bay.— 
Gaine of all kinds remarkably plentiful. — Arrive at 
the Fadory. 
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17724 A TER expending fome days in hunting bea- 
Sennen pene? 
january. 
goth. 
ver, we proceeded to crofs the Athapuf- 
cow Lake; but as we had loft much time in 
hunting deer and beaver, which were very plen- 
tiful on fome of the iflands, it was the ninth of 
January before we atrived on the South fide. 
This lake from the beft information which I) 
could get from the natives, is about one hundred 
and 
