CONTENTS.INTRODUCTION.CHAPTER 1.Departure from England.Transactions at Stromness.Enter Davis Straits.Perilous situation on the shore of Resolution Island.Land on the coast of Labrador.Esquimaux of Savage Islands.York Factory.Preparations for the Journey into the Interior.CHAPTER 2.Passage up Hayes, Steel and Hill Rivers.Cross Swampy Lake.Jack River.Knee Lake and Magnetic Islet.Trout River.Holy Lake.Weepinapannis River.Windy Lake.White Fall Lake and River.Echemamis and Sea Rivers.Play Green Lakes.Lake Winnipeg.River Saskatchewan.Cross, Cedar and Pine Island Lakes.Cumberland House.CHAPTER 3.Dr. Richardson’s residence at Cumberland House.His account of the Cree Indians.CHAPTER 4.Leave Cumberland House.Mode of Travelling in Winter.Arrival at Carlton House.Stone Indians.Visit to a Buffalo Pound.Goitres.Departure from Carlton House.Isle a la Crosse.Arrival at Fort Chipewyan.CHAPTER 5.Transactions at Fort Chipewyan.Arrival of Dr. Richardson and Mr. Hood.Preparations for our Journey to the Northward.CHAPTER 6.Mr. Hood’s Journey to the Basquiau Hill.Sojourns with an Indian Party.His Journey to Chipewyan.CHAPTER 7.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 Enterprise.CHAPTER 8.Transactions at Fort Enterprise.Mr. Back’s Narrative of his Journey to Chipewyan, and Return.CHAPTER 9.Continuation of Proceedings at Fort Enterprise.Some Account of the Copper Indians.Preparations for the Journey to the Northward.CHAPTER 10.Departure from Fort Enterprise.Navigation of the Copper-Mine River.Visit to the Copper Mountain.Interview with the Esquimaux.Departure of the Indian Hunters.Arrangements made with them for our Return.CHAPTER 11.Navigation of the Polar Sea, in two Canoes, as far as Cape Turnagain, to the Eastward, a distance exceeding Five Hundred and Fifty Miles. Observations on the probability of a North-West Passage.CHAPTER 12.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.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER 1.Departure from England.Transactions at Stromness.Enter Davis Straits.Perilous situation on the shore of Resolution Island.Land on the coast of Labrador.Esquimaux of Savage Islands.York Factory.Preparations for the Journey into the Interior.
CHAPTER 2.Passage up Hayes, Steel and Hill Rivers.Cross Swampy Lake.Jack River.Knee Lake and Magnetic Islet.Trout River.Holy Lake.Weepinapannis River.Windy Lake.White Fall Lake and River.Echemamis and Sea Rivers.Play Green Lakes.Lake Winnipeg.River Saskatchewan.Cross, Cedar and Pine Island Lakes.Cumberland House.
CHAPTER 3.Dr. Richardson’s residence at Cumberland House.His account of the Cree Indians.
CHAPTER 4.Leave Cumberland House.Mode of Travelling in Winter.Arrival at Carlton House.Stone Indians.Visit to a Buffalo Pound.Goitres.Departure from Carlton House.Isle a la Crosse.Arrival at Fort Chipewyan.
CHAPTER 5.Transactions at Fort Chipewyan.Arrival of Dr. Richardson and Mr. Hood.Preparations for our Journey to the Northward.
CHAPTER 6.Mr. Hood’s Journey to the Basquiau Hill.Sojourns with an Indian Party.His Journey to Chipewyan.
CHAPTER 7.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 Enterprise.
CHAPTER 8.Transactions at Fort Enterprise.Mr. Back’s Narrative of his Journey to Chipewyan, and Return.
CHAPTER 9.Continuation of Proceedings at Fort Enterprise.Some Account of the Copper Indians.Preparations for the Journey to the Northward.
CHAPTER 10.Departure from Fort Enterprise.Navigation of the Copper-Mine River.Visit to the Copper Mountain.Interview with the Esquimaux.Departure of the Indian Hunters.Arrangements made with them for our Return.
CHAPTER 11.Navigation of the Polar Sea, in two Canoes, as far as Cape Turnagain, to the Eastward, a distance exceeding Five Hundred and Fifty Miles. Observations on the probability of a North-West Passage.
CHAPTER 12.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.