POUMR NEY {RO THE Ley) SEA CLXXY 
Some years ago a very important difcovery was made, not very remote from the Journey To THE 
place where Captain Cook was obliged to defift from his northern voyage. Icy Sea. 
Mr. Samuel Hearne, in the fervice of the Hudfon’s Bay Company, by direction of 
the governors, began a journey, on December 7th 1770, towards the northern li- 
mits of America. He went attended only by Jndians, with whom he had been long 
acquainted. He fet out from Prince of Wales fort, 58. 50, north lat. He 
for a long fpace took a north-weftern courfe, crofled Menifchtic lake, in 
lat. 61, a water thirty-five miles in breadth, full of fine iflands, and joining with 
the river Namaffy. He pafled over Viethen and Caffed lakes, and from the laft 
kept due weft. In April he reached Thleweyaza Yeth, a {mall lake in long. 19, 
weft from Churchil fort, lat. 61. 30, near which he made fome ftay to build 
canoes, now requifite againft the breaking up of the froft. From that lake he 
began a courfe due north, and croffed a chain of lakes, of which Titumeg is 
one. In lat. 64. he went over Pefhew lake; after that, the great lake Cogeed, 
eut of which iffues a river pointing north-eaft, which is fuppofed to fall into 
Baffin’s bay. About the middle of June he crofled the great river Conge-catha- 
wha-chaga, in lat. 68. 46; and from Churchil river weft long. 24. 2. About thofe 
parts are the Stoney Mountains, extending in longitude from 116 to 122 from 
London: craggy, and of a tremendous afpe&. On Fuly 7th he arrived at Buffalo lake, 
in lat. 69. 30: here he firft faw the Mu/k Buffalo, N° 2. Near the north end is 
Grizzle Bear-hill, in about lat. 70, fo called from its being the haunt of numbers 
of thofe animals. On uly 13th he reached the banks of Copper River, whichruns Copper RIVER. 
due north into the Jcy Sea. About the fouth end is much wood, and very high 
hills. Its current is very rapid, and its channel choaked with fhoals, and crofled 
with ftoney ridges, which form three great cataracts. Its banks are high, the 
breadth about a hundred and eighty yards ; but in fome places it expands into 
the form of a lake. In an ifland of the river unfortunately happened to be a 
fummer encampment of five tents of -E/kimaux. The Indians attendant on Mr. EskIMAUX. 
Hearne grew furious at the fight of them. It is their firm opinion, that thefe 
favages are magicians, and that all the evils they experience refult from their 
incantations. Mr. Hearne in vain folicited his Jndians to forbear injuring thefe 
poor people. They, with their ufual cowardice, deferred the attack till night, 
when they furprifed and murdered every one, to the number of between twenty 
and thirty. A young woman made her efcape, and embraced Mr. Hearne’s feet ; 
but fhe was purfued by a barbarian, and transfixed to the ground. He obferved 
in their tents (which were made of deer-fkins with the hair on) copper veflels, 
and whale-bone, and the fkins of Seals, wooden troughs, and kettles made of a 
foft ftone (by his defcription a Japis ollaris), and difhes and fpoons formed from 
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