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JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Transactions at Fort Enterprise — Mr. Back's Narra- 

 tive of his Journey to Chipewyan and Return, 



September, 1820.— During our little expe- 

 dition to the Copper-Mine River, Mr. 

 Wentzel had made great progress in the 

 erection of our winter-house, having nearly 

 roofed it in. But before proceeding to give 

 an account of a ten month's residence at 

 this place, henceforth designated Fort En- 

 terprise, I may premise, that I shall omit 

 many of the ordinary occurrences of a 

 North American winter, as they have been 

 already detailed in so able and interesting a 

 manner by Ellis,* and confine myself prin- 

 cipally to the circumstances which had an 

 influence on our progress in the ensuing 



* Voyage to Hudson's Bay in the Dobbs and Cali- 

 fornia. 



