THE RED RIVER COLONY ; 



AND THE 



NORTH- WEST-AMERICAN INDIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 



DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND. ARRIVAL AT THE ORKNEY 



ISLES. ENTER HUDSON^ STRAITS. ICEBERGS. ES- 

 QUIMAUX. KILLING A POLAR BEAR. YORK FAC- 

 TORY, EMBARKED FOR THE RED RIVER COLONY. 



DIFFICULTIES OF THE NAVIGATION. LAKE WINIPEG. 



MUSKEGGOWUCK, OR SWAMP INDIANS. PIGEWIS, A 



CHIEF OF THE CHIPPEWAYS OR SALTEAUX TRIBE. — 



ARRIVAL AT THE RED RIVER. COLONISTS. SCHOOL 



ESTABLISHED. WOLF-DOGS. INDIANS VISIT FORT 



DOUGLAS. — DESIGN OF A BUILDING FOR DIVINE 

 WORSHIP. 



On the 27th of May, 1820, I embarked at 

 Gravesend, on board the Honourable Hudson's 

 Bay Company's ship, the Eddystone ; accom- 

 panied by the ship, Prince of Wales, and the 

 Luna brig, for Hudson's Bay. In my appoint- 

 ment as Chaplain to the Company, my hi- 



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