A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY
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Library of Congress, August, 1902
A. S. BARNES & COMPANY
Table of Contents.
| [CHAPTER I.] |
|
Removed from the tent to the house. Build habitations
for the people. The hardships they suffer. Violent
hurricane. Singular circumstances attending
it. The commencement of the new year. An
Indian cured of a dangerous wound. State of
the weather. Curious customs among the Indians,
on the death of a relation. Account of a
quarrel. An Indian's reasoning on it. Murder
of one of the Indians. The cause of it. Some
account of the Rocky Mountain Indians. Curious
circumstance respecting a woman in labour, etc. A
dispute between two Indians, which arose from
gaming. An account of one of their games. Indian
superstition. Mildness of the season. The Indians
prepare snow shoes. Singular customs. Further
account of their manners. The slavish state of the
women. Appearance of spring. Dispatch canoes
with the trade to Fort Chepewyan. Make preparations
for the voyage of discovery. ... [9] |
| [CHAPTER II.] |
|
Proceed on the voyage of discovery. Beautiful
scenery. The canoe too heavily laden. The
country in a state of combustion. Meet with a
hunting party. State of the river, etc. Meet
with Indians. See the tracks of bears, and one of
their dens. Sentiment of an Indian. Junction of
the Bear River. Appearance of the country. State
of the river. Observe a fall of timber. Abundance
of animals. See some bears. Come in sight of the
rocky mountains. The canoe receives an injury and
is repaired. Navigation dangerous. Rapids and
falls. Succession of difficulties and dangers. ... [31] |
| [CHAPTER III.] |
| Continuation of difficulties and dangers. Discontents
among the people. State of the river and
its banks. Volcanic chasms in the earth. Dispatch
various persons to discover ways across the
mountain. Obstacles present themselves on all
sides. Preparations made to attempt the mountain.
Account of the ascent with the canoe and baggage.
The trees that are found there. Arrive at the
river. Extraordinary circumstances of it. Curious
hollows in the rocks. Prepare the canoe. Renew
our progress up the river. The state of it. Leave
some tokens of amity for the natives. The weather
very cold. Lost a book of my observations for
several days. Continue to proceed up the river.
Send a letter down the current in a rum-keg.
Came to the forks, and proceed up the Eastern branch.
Circumstances of it. ... [58] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] |
| Continue our voyage. Heavy fog. The water
rises. Succession of courses. Progressive account
of this branch. Leave the canoe to proceed,
and ascend a hill to reconnoitre. Climb a tree to
extend my view of the country. Return to the
River. The canoe not arrived. Go in search of
it. Extreme heat, musquitoes, etc. Increasing anxiety,
respecting the canoe. It at length appears. Violent
storm. Circumstances of our progress. Forced
to haul the canoe up the stream by the branches
of trees. Succession of courses. Wild parsnips
along the river. Expect to meet with natives. Courses
continued. Fall in with some natives. Our
intercourse with them. Account of their dress, arms,
utensils, and manners, etc. New discouragements
and difficulties present themselves. ... [78] |
| [CHAPTER V.] |
| Continue the voyage. State of the river. Succession
of courses. Sentiment of the guide. Conical
mountain. Continuation of courses. Leave the main
branch. Enter another. Description of it. Saw
beaver. Enter a lake. Arrive at the upper source
of the Unjigah, or Peace River. Land, and cross
to a second lake. Local circumstances. Proceed
to a third lake. Enter a river. Encounter
various difficulties. In danger of being lost. The
circumstances of that situation described. Alarm
and dissatisfaction among the people. They
are at length composed. The canoe repaired. Roads
cut through woods. Pass morasses. The guide
deserts. After a succession of difficulties, dangers,
and toilsome marches, we arrive at the great river. ... [102] |
| [CHAPTER VI.] |
| Rainy night. Proceed on the great river. Circumstances
of it. Account of courses. Come to rapids. Observe
several smokes. See a flight of white ducks. Pass
over a carrying-place with the canoe, etc. The
difficulties of that passage. Abundance
of wild onions. Re-embark on the river. See some
of the natives. They desert their camp and fly into
the woods. Courses continued. Kill a red deer,
etc. Circumstances of the river. Arrive at an Indian
habitation. Description of it. Account of a curious
machine to catch fish. Land to procure bark for the
purpose of constructing a new canoe. Conceal a
quantity of pemmican for provision on our
return. Succession of courses. Meet with some
of the natives. Our intercourse with them. Their
information respecting the river, and the country.
Description of those people. ... [127] |
| [CHAPTER VII.] |
| Renew our voyage, accompanied by two of the natives.
Account of courses. State of the river. Arrive at a
subterranean house. See several natives. Brief
description of them. Account of our conference with
them. Saw other natives. Description of them. Their
conduct, etc. The account which they gave of the
country. The narrative of a female prisoner. The
perplexities of my situation. Specimen of the
language of two tribes. Change the plan of my
journey. Return up the river. Succession of dangers
and difficulties. Land on an island to build
another canoe. ... [154] |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] |
| Make preparations to build a canoe. Engage in that
important work. It proceeds with great expedition.
The guide who had deserted arrives with another
Indian. He communicates agreeable intelligence. They
take an opportunity to quit the island. Complete
the canoe. Leave the island, which was now named the
Canoe Island. Obliged to put the people on short
allowance. Account of the navigation. Difficult
ascent of a rapid. Fresh perplexities. Continue our
voyage up the river. Meet the guide and some of his
friends. Conceal some pemmican and other
articles. Make preparations for proceeding over
land. Endeavour to secure the canoe till our
return. Proceed on our journey. Various circumstances
of it. ... [187] |
| [CHAPTER IX.] |
| Continue our journey. Embark on a river. Come to a
weir. Dexterity of the natives in passing it. Arrive
at a village. Alarm occasioned among the natives. The
subsequent favourable reception, accompanied with a
banquet of ceremony. Circumstances of it. Description
of a village, its houses, and places of
devotion. Account of the customs, mode of living, and
superstition of the inhabitants. Description of the
chief's canoe. Leave the place, and proceed on
our voyage. ... [251] |
| [CHAPTER X.] |
| Renew our voyage. Circumstances of the river.
Land at the house of a chief. Entertained by
him. Carried down the river with great rapidity
to another house. Received with kindness. Occupations
of the inhabitants on its banks. Leave the canoe
at a fall. Pass over land to another village.
Some account of it. Obtain a view of an arm of
the sea. Lose our dog. Procure another canoe.
Arrive at the arm of the sea. Circumstances of
it. One of our guides returns home.
Coast along a bay. Some description of it. Meet
with Indians. Our communication with them.
Their suspicious conduct towards us. Pass onwards.
Determine the latitude and longitude.
Return to the river. Dangerous encounter with
the Indians. Proceed on our journey. ... [267] |
| [CHAPTER XI.] |
| Return up the river. Slow progress of the canoe,
from the strength of the current. The hostile
party of the natives precedes us. Impetuous conduct
of my people. Continue our very tedious
voyage. Come to some houses; received with
great kindness. Arrive at the principal, or Salmon
Village. Our present reception very different from
that we experienced on our former visit.
Continue our journey. Circumstances of it.
Find our dog. Arrive at the Upper, or Friendly
Village. Meet with a very kind reception. Some
further account of the manners and customs of
its inhabitants. Brief vocabulary of their language. ... [290] |
| [CHAPTER XII.] |
| Leave the Friendly Village. Attentions of the natives
at our departure. Stop to divide our provisions.
Begin to ascend the mountains. Circumstances of the
ascent. Journey continued. Arrive at the place from
whence we set out by land. Meet with Indians there.
Find the canoe, and all the other articles in a state
of perfect security and preservation. Means employed
to compel the restoration of articles which were
afterwards stolen. Proceed on our homeward bound
voyage. Some account of the natives on the river.
The canoe is run on a rock, etc. Circumstances
of the voyage. Enter the Peace River. Statement of
courses. Continue our route. Circumstances of it.
Proceed onwards in a small canoe, with an Indian,
to the lower fort, leaving the rest of the people
to follow me. Arrive at Fort Chepewyan. The voyage
concluded. ... [316] |