156 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



Our observations place Fort Providence 

 in latitude 62° 17' 19" N., longitude 114° 

 9' 28" W. ; the variation of the compass is 

 S3 0 35' 55" E., and dip of the needle 86° 

 88' 02". It is distant from Moose-Deer 

 Island sixty-six geographic miles. This is 

 the last establishment of the traders in this 

 direction, but the North- West Company 

 have two to the northward of it on the 

 Mackenzie River. It has been erected for 

 the convenience of the Copper and Dog- 

 Rib Indians, who generally bring such a 

 quantity of rein-deer meat, that the resi- 

 dents are enabled, out of their superabun- 

 dance, to send annually some provision to 

 the fort at Moose-Deer Island. They also 

 occasionally procure moose and buffalo 



Pierre Dumas, Emanuel Cournoyee, 



Joseph Forcier, Michel Teroahaute, an 



Ignace Perrault, Iroquois. 

 Francois Samandre. 



Interpreters. 



Pierre St. Germain, Chipewyan Bois Brules. 

 Jean Baptiste Adam, 



