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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Departure from Chipewyan— Difficulties of the various Navigations of the Rivers, 

 and Lakes, and of the Portages — Slave Lake and Fort Providence — Scarcity of 

 Provisions, and discontent of the Canadian Voyagers —Difficulties with regard 

 to the Indian Guides— Refusal to proceed — Visit of Observation to the Upper 

 part of Copper-Mine River — Return to the Winter-Quarters of Fort En- 

 terprise . . . . . . ... 193 



CHAPTER VII. 



Transactions at Fort Enterprise — Mr. Back's Narrative of his Journey to Chipewyan 



and Return . . . . . . . . 238 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Continuation of Proceedings at Fort Enterprise — Some Account of Copper 



Indians — Preparations for the Journey to the Northward . . . 287 



CHAPTER IX. 



Departure from Fort Enterprise — Navigation of the Copper-Mine River — Visit to 

 the Copper Mountain — Interview with the Esquimaux — Departure of the In- 

 dian Hunters — 'Arrangements made with them for our return . . .316 



CHAPTER X. 



Navigation of the Polar Sea, in two Canoes, as far as Cape Turnagain, to the East- 

 ward, a distance exceeding Five Hundred and Fifty Miles — Observations on 

 the probability of a North- West Passage ..... 362 



CHAPTER XL 



Journey across the Barren Grounds — Difficulty and delay in crossing Copper-Mine 

 River — Melancholy and fatal results thereof — Extreme Misery of the whole 

 Party — Murder of Mr. Hood — Death of several of the Canadians — Desolate 

 State of Fort Enterprise — Distress suffered at that place — Dr. Richardson's 

 Narrative — Mr. Back's Narrative — Conclusion. . . . . 391 



