In the Artie Regions. 



among them Beveral fathoms of tobacco, and tfa 

 tired to their tents to Bpend the night in merrim 



m, our interpreter, being desirous of uniting 

 If with the Copper Indians, applied to me for 

 his discharge, which 1 granted, and gave him ;i hill 

 on the Hudson's Bay Company for the amount i 



] . 

 pared to 



Mr. W' led Dr. Richardson and me with a 



cariole each, and v mt at eleven AM., on the 



15th, for r Island. ( fur pai 



Belanger who h;ul ehai with the 



bedding, and drawn by t\\ 



Benoit, and Augustus. Previous to our departure, 

 we had anoth with Akaitcho, wl 



well as the rest of his party, bade us farewell, with ;i 

 warmth of manner rare among the Indians. 



I ' .ml the : 



of the ice, impeded our progress very much, and i 

 ed us to encamp early. We had a good fire ma< 

 the drift wood, which lines the Bhores of this lake in 

 great quantities. The next day \\ Id. We 



n the journey at nine A.M., and encamped at the 

 ■ ipe, having made another Bhort march, io 

 sequence of the i 



On the L7th, we encamped on the most southerly 

 of the Reindeer Islands, This nighl was v( \\ stormy, 



