274 
19772. 
cent iin 
February. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
on a fet of harmlefs creatures, whofe general man- 
ner of life renders them the moft fecluded from 
fociety of any of the human race. 
Matonabbee affured me, that for more than a 
generation paft one family only, as it may be call- 
ed, (and to which the young men belonged who | 
were plundered by my companions,) have taken _ 
up their Winter abode in thofe woods, which 
are fituated fo far on the barren ground as to be 
quite out of the track of any other Indians. 
From the beft accounts that I could collect, the — 
latitude of this place muft be about 631°, or 63° 
at leaft; the longitude is very uncertain. From 
my Own experience | can afirm, that it is fome 
hundreds of miles both from the fea-fide and the 
main woods to the Weftward. Few of thetrad- 
ing Northern Indians have vifited this place; but 
thofe who have, give a pleafine defcription of it, 
all agreeing that it is fituated on the banks of a — 
river which has communication with feveral fine 
lakes. As the current fets to the North Eaft- 
ward, it empties itfelf, in all probability, into 
fome part of Hudfon’s Bay ; and, from the lati- 
tude, no part feems more likely for this commu- 
nication, than Baker's Lake, at the head of Che- 
fterfield’s inlet. ‘This, however, is mere conjec- 
ture; norisit of any confequence, as navigation 
on any of the rivers in thofe parts is not only im- | 
practicable, but would be alfo unprofitable, as — 
they do not lead into a country that produces any | 
thing — 
