[ii] CHAP. II. 



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 — Methods of setting nets under the ice — 

 My guide proposes to stay till the geese began to fly ; his reasons accepted 

 — Pitch our tent in the best manner — Method of pitching a tent in 

 winter — Fish plentiful for some time ; grow very scarce ; in great 

 want of provisions — Manner of employing my time — My guide killed 

 two deer — Move to the place they were lying at ; there kill several 

 more deer^ and three beavers — Soon in want of provisions again — Many 

 Indians join us from the TVestward — TVe begin to move towards the 

 barren ground — Arrive at She-than-nee^ and there suffer great distress 

 for want of provisions — Indians kill two swans and three geese — Geese 

 and other birds of passage plentiful — Leave She-than-nee^ and arrive 

 at Beralzone — One of my companions guns bursts, and shatters his left 

 hand — Leave Beralzone, and get on the barren ground, clear of all woods 

 — Throw away our sledges and snow shoes — Each person takes a load on 

 his back ; my part of the luggage — Exposed to many hardships — Several 

 days without victuals — Indians kill three musk oxen, but for want of 

 fire are obliged to eat the meat raw — Fine weather returns ; make a 

 fire ; effects of long fasting ; stay a day or two to dry some meat in the 

 sun — Proceed to the Northward, and arrive at Cathawhachaga ; 

 there find some tents of Indians — A Northern leader called Keelshies 

 meets us ; send a letter by him to the Governor — Transactions at 

 Cathawhachaga ; leave it, and proceed to the Northward — Meet 

 several Indians — My guide not willing to proceed';^; his [12] reasons for 

 it — Many more Indians join us — Arrive at Doobaunt JVhoie River — 

 Manner of ferrying over rivers in the Northern Indian canoes — No 

 rivers in those parts in a useful direction for the natives — Had nearly 

 lost the quadrant and all the powder — Some reflections on our situation, 

 and the conduct of the Indians — Find the quadrant and part of the 



