&c. &c. &c.

THE FOLLOWING
NARRATIVE OF A SECOND JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ALONG
THE NORTHERN COAST OF AMERICA,
UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER AND UNDER THE AUSPICES
OF HIS LORDSHIP,
IS, BY PERMISSION, INSCRIBED
WITH GREAT RESPECT AND GRATITUDE,
BY
THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

_Page_

Introductory Chapter ix

Official Instructions xix

CHAPTER I.

Join the Boats in the Methye River--Cross the Long Portage--Arrival
at Fort Chipewyan--Departure from thence with the whole party for
Mackenzie River--Arrangements at Fort Norman--Descent to the
Sea--Return to the Winter Quarters at Great Bear Lake 23

CHAPTER II.

Transactions at Fort Franklin, 1825-6 61

CHAPTER III.

Voyage to the Sea--Part from the Eastern Detachment at Point
Separation--Reach the Mouth of the Mackenzie--Interview and Contest
with the Esquimaux--Detained by Ice--Meet friendly Esquimaux--Point
Sabine 87

CHAPTER IV.

Babbage River--Meet Natives at Herschel Island--Their Trade with the
Russians, through the Western Esquimaux--Ascend Mount
Conybeare--Boundary of the British Dominions on this Coast--Delayed
at Icy Reef--Barter Island--Detention at Foggy Island--Return
Reef--Limit of outward Voyage 114

CHAPTER V.

Commence Return to the Mackenzie--Delayed again at Foggy Island--Ice
packed on the Reefs near Beaufort Bay, and on the Coast about
Clarence River--Pass the Channels near Herschel Island in a Gale and
Fog--A sudden Gale--Escape an Attack which the Mountain Indians
meditated--Enter the Mackenzie--Peel River--Arrival at Fort Franklin
141

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_Dr. Richardson's Narrative of the Proceedings of the Eastern Detachment
of the Expedition._

CHAPTER I.

Leave Point Separation, and descend the Eastern Channel of the
Mackenzie--Arrive at Sacred Island--Esquimaux Graves--Interview with
the Natives; their thie