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Copper Indians, some satisfactory informa- 

 tion, which we afterwards found tolerably 

 correct, respecting the mode of reaching the 

 Copper-mine River, which he had descended 

 a considerable way, as well as of the course 

 of that river to its mouth. The Copper 

 Indians, however, he said, would be able 

 to give us more accurate information as to 

 the latter part of its course, as they occa- 

 sionally pursue it to the sea. He sketched 

 on the floor a representation of the river, 

 and a line of coast according to his idea of 

 it. Just as he had finished, an old Chipew- 

 yan Indian, named Black Meat, unexpect- 

 edly came in, and instantly recognised the 

 plan. He then took the charcoal from 

 Beaulieu, and inserted a track along the 

 sea-coast, which he had followed in return- 

 ing from a war excursion, made by his tribe 

 against the Esquimaux. He detailed seve- 

 ral particulars of the coast and the sea, 

 which he represented as studded with well- 

 wooded islands, and free from ice, close to 

 the shore, in the month of July, but not to 

 a great distance. He described two other 



