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day. She fortunately came to a part where 

 there was a beaten path, which she knew to 

 be the track made by the rein-deer in their 

 migrations. Here she halted and prepared 

 some sort of weapon for killing them; as 

 soon as this was completed, she had the 

 gratification to behold several herds advan- 

 cing along the road, and had the happiness 

 of killing a sufficient number for her winter's 

 subsistence, which she determined to pass 

 at that place, and therefore formed a house 

 for herself, after the manner she had learned 

 from the Esquimaux. When spring came, 

 and she emerged from her subterraneous 

 dwelling, (for such the Chipewyans suppose 

 it to have been,) she was astonished by ob- 

 serving a glittering appearance on a distant 

 hill, which she knew was not produced by 

 the reflection of the sun, and being at a 

 loss to assign any other cause for it she re- 

 solved on going up to the shining object, 

 and then found the hill was entirely com- 

 posed of copper. She broke off several 

 pieces, and finding it yielded so readily to 

 her beating, it occurred to her that this 



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