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Introduction 41 



CHAP. I. 



Transactions from my leaving Prince of Wales's Fort on mj 

 first Expedition, till our Arrival there again. 



Set off from the Fort ; arrive at Po-co-ree-kis-co River — One 

 of the Northern Indians deserts — Cross Seal River, and walk on 

 the barren grounds — Receive wrong information concerning the 

 distance of the woods — Weather begins to be very cold, provisions 

 all expended, and nothing to be got — Strike to the Westward, 

 arrive at the woods, and kill three deer — Set forward in the North 

 West quarter, see the tracks of musk-oxen and deer, but killed 

 none — Very short of provisions — Chawchinahaw wants us to return 

 — Neither he nor his crew contribute to our maintenance — He in- 

 fluences several of the Indians to desert — Chawchinahaw and all 

 his crew leave us — Begin our return to the Factory ; kill a few 

 partridges, the first meal we had had for several days — Villany of 

 one of the home Indians and his wife, who was a Northern Indian 

 woman — Arrive at the Seal River, kill two deer ; partridges plenty 

 — Meet a strange Northern Indian, accompany him to his tent, 

 usage received there ; my Indians assist in killing some beaver — 

 Proceed toward home, and arrive at the Fort 61 



CHAP. 11. 



Transactions from our Arrival at the Factory, to my leaving it 

 again, and during the First Part of my Second Journey, 

 till I had the misfortune to break the Quadrant. 



Transactions at the Factory — Proceed on my second journey — 

 Arrive at Seal River — Deer plentiful for some time — Method of 

 angling fish under the ice — Set our fishing-nets — Method of setting 

 nets under the ice — My guide [xii] proposes to stay till the geese 

 should begin to fly ; his reasons accepted — Pitch our tent in the best 



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