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JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



CHAPTER V. 



Transactions at Fort Chipewyan — Arrival of Br, 

 Richardson and Mr. Hood — Preparations for our 

 Journey to the Northward. 



On the 27th March, the day after our ar- 

 rival at Fort Chipewyan, we called upon 

 Mr. Mac Donald, the gentleman in charge 

 of the Hudson's Bay Establishment called 

 Fort Wedderburne, and delivered to him 

 Governor Williams's circular Letter, which 

 desired that every assistance should be 

 given to further our progress, and a state- 

 ment of the requisitions which we should 

 have to make on his post. 



Our first object was to obtain some cer- 

 tain information respecting our future route ; 

 and accordingly we received from one of 

 the North-West Company's interpreters, 

 named Beaulieu, a half-breed, who had been 

 brought up amongst the Dog-ribbed and 



