72 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



61°, on the 1st of May ; and at Fort Enter- 

 prise, in latitude 64° 28', on the 12th or 

 14th of the same month. 



On the 16 th a minor chief amongst the 

 Copper Indians, attended by his son, ar- 

 rived from Fort Providence to consult Dr. 

 Richardson. He was affected with snow- 

 blindness, which was soon relieved by the 

 dropping of a little laudanum into his eyes 

 twice a-day. Most of our own men had 

 been lately troubled with this complaint, 

 but it always yielded in twenty or thirty 

 hours to the same remedy. 



On the 21st all our men returned from 

 the Indians, and Akaitcho was on his way 

 to the fort. In the afternoon two of his 

 young men arrived to announce his visit, 

 and to request that he might be received 

 with a salute and other marks of respect 

 that he had been accustomed to on visiting 

 Fort Providence in the spring. I complied 

 with his desire, although I regretted the 

 expenditure of ammunition, and sent the 

 young men away with the customary pre- 

 sent of powder to enable him to return the 



