146 CAPTAIN FRANKLIN, 1821. 



Pierre an Calumet on the 19th, and Fort Chipewyan on the 27th ; 

 having accomplished the following distances in miles : — 



Miles. 



Cumberland House to Carlton House .. 263 



Carlton House to Isle a la Crosse .. .. 230 



Isle a la Crosse to Methye Portage .. .. 124 



Methye Portage to Fort Chipewyan .. .. 240 



Total 857 



Here a canoe was built for the expedition — length, 32 feet 6 inches ; 

 extreme breadth, 4 feet 10 inches ; depth, 1 foot 11 inches ; 73 hoops 

 of thin cedar, and will carry about 3300 lbs. weight. The weight 

 of the canoe is about 300 lbs. On July 13, Dr. Richardson and Mr, 

 Hood arrived. 



Leaving Port Chipewyan in three canoes, containing five officers, 

 one seaman, eighteen Canadians, and three interpreters, on July 18, 

 1820, after several portages, Moose Deer Island was reached on 

 the 24th, and Fort Providence on the 28th. Leaving it on the 2nd, 

 they arrived at their winter-quarters, Fort Enterprise, in lat. 

 64° 28', long. 113° 6', on August 19th. The length of the portages 

 traversed was 21J miles, and the total length of the voyage from 

 Chipewyan 553 miles. 



On September 9th, Sir John, accompanied by Dr. Richardson, set 

 out on a pedestrian journey to the Coppermine River, which was 

 reached on the 12th, the distance travelled to and fro being 110 

 miles. Mr. Back, in the meantime, went to Fort Chipewyan, and 

 returned, performing the journey (upwards of 1000 miles) on foot. 



On June 14th, 1821, the expedition left Fort Enterprise, and 

 reached the head waters of the Coppermine on the 28th. Pursuing 

 their journey, partly on the water and partly on the ice, they em- 

 barked, finally, on the 2nd of July, and met the Eskimo on the 15th, 

 and encamped at the Bloody Falls on the 17th. Here Mr. Wentzel 

 left them ; and the remainder of the party, consisting of twenty 

 persons, proceeded to sea. The distance hitherto travelled over was 

 334 miles, of which the canoes and baggage were dragged over 

 snow and ice for 117 miles. The Coppermine River brings down 

 no drift-wood. Berens Isle was reached on the 21st, where small 

 drift-wood was found. 24th. " During the last two days the water 

 rose and fell about 9 inches ; the tides, however, were very irregular, 

 and we could not determine the direction of the ebb or flood. A 

 current set to the eastward, 2 miles per hour, during our stay." 

 Point Barrow was rounded on the 26th. Arriving at Back River, 

 shoals of capelin were seen, and small pieces of willow, which 



