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the officers and the wives of three of our 

 voyagers, who were brought for the pur- 

 pose of making shoes and clothes for the 

 men at the winter establishment ; there 

 were also three children, belonging to two 

 of these women.* 



* The following is the list of the officers and men 

 who composed the expedition on its departure from 

 Fort Providence : 



John Franklin, Lieutenant of the Royal Navy and 

 Commander. 



John Richardson, M. D. Surgeon of the Royal 

 Navy. 



Mr. George Back, of the Royal Navy, Admiralty 



Midshipman^ 

 Mr. Robert Hood, of the Royal Navy, Admiralty 



Midshipman. 

 Mr. Frederick Wentzel, Clerk to the North- West 



Company. 

 John Hepburn, English seaman. 



Canadian Voyagers. 



Joseph Peltier, Gabriel Beauparlant, 



Matthew Pelonquin, dit Vincenza Fontano, 



Credit, Registe Vaillant, 



Solomon Belanger, Jean Baptiste Parent, 



Joseph Benoit, Jean Baptiste Belanger, 



Joseph Gagne, Jean Baptiste Belleau, 



