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SECRETARY, 9B09RAPRIC BOARD AWD TYPED IV OBOORAPRIC BOARD OFFICE. MARCH. 19S8. a^'^i' wAi *'-jA' ■^M : • • ;•; •. ' Ifisr-f I iioxintals • '•• J..I |o the f trader, tear, Ij md rad flrar to rlob and if itt t foralgn Itttvoa, littla ■ort to3 CCOUIT OF MACE£HZIX*S RI7SH «ITH A ClLiHT KROll MR. /TEHTZBLLE. SEIT jp. . 311101 MCOILLVRAT. ItooicenileB rirvr takea Ita rise at tba waat and of ^raat Slara aka and la the largaat atraam In tba Athabaaoa traok from Fort William, ta ganaral braadtb balng ona mile and a quarter, azoept where awella oovri oooaalonad by large lalanda, whan It Inoraaaea to three and In loma plaoaa to about flva mllea. Ita banks whloh are lofty and formed if different atrata of a greylah olay, aand and a kind of loose brown iarth intermixed with atone, aaoand rather abruptly from the river and Ire aomawhat thinly olothad with traaa* But the lalanda, whloh are inmeroua, compenaate by affording abnndanoa of fir fit for building otiaaa or any other pttrpoaea required by those who visit theve parte ^rom motlraa of speculation and tr&da* Besldea the great reservoir from wbenoe It derives ita eouroe, many oonslderable atraams whloh ^rlglnate in the Rooky mountains on the south side and from extensive Lakea on the north aide, oontrlbute to ita enlargement in its progress iown to the sea. The largeat of these is the Mountain river of Sir Llexander M a K a n a i e and known in the country by the name of the Forks \r River aux Liard. It la the rioheat without exception, in large kniaals and the fur epeoles of all the streams oonneoted with M^enciaa 'Ivar. It produoaa buffaloe, moose deer, the stag, reindeer and iiountaln goats and aheap, ao called on aooount of their being peculiar to the Rocky mountains. Ita principal attraction, however, to the irader, consists in the numbrr of its beaver, b4^k, brown and grixily )ear, lynxes, martins, otters, minks, wolveraanea, black, silver, oross ind red foxas and wolves. Tba climate as it raoadas from Mackansles river towards the south is the same as in Peace river and ita soil is rich and luxurious, which is discernabla In the number, siie and growth of its trees. It appears alao to be favourable to the culture of foreign vagatablas, for potatoes, turnlpa, oabbages, radishes, beets, lattuoa, carrots, barley and •r9jy paas have been known to thrive with little care. From the Forks down to the Tort Oood Hope, there are three >re tolerably large rivers whloh discharga themselves into Mackeniies •t 'ki iTtr f lo9a Th olphvr lu« an lly ca oot, N spin* alaaiB olr nn ean br io\mtai ■ontraa llo lost 00 n a «a Bllaa, md in laokeni LoanaDo ixtande )ff to ira tha ^oat an faoic«ni La Fhaaa ■ ftnd lae to aqva aaranty nlna rl raporta JTraqvao iTtr fvom tta« lovthwardi b«lng vntxpl or td, nothing further !• known H ^ lo^a of thorn than their oonflvenoao* Ttao Togotablt and mineral prodvotlono of the oouotry are aalt, olphur, and tar apringa, ooal, flint and rook^oryatala, white enrth, lue and vfhlte olay of an oily aubatnnoe, tbla laat the natlrea oooaalon- lly eair, a aweetlroot oalled by Sir Alexander Maokenile the llqvorloe oot. ttXZfXil wild flax and the nettle. The treea are the blroh, aplne and balaaa, poplar, oypreaa. white apmoe, laroh nnd the Canndtea alaaiB fir. The frvlta are the oranberry, raap, atraw, olotid,bliie,gooa«, olr nnd the magpye berrlea. A pleoe of native allTor la aald to hart leen brought from Maoicenslea rlTor In the year 1796, found in the Rooky 1o\mtalaa up the rirer aux Hard, whloh Mr. ^oderlolc Haokensle took to ontreal and had It made Into ear ornamenta. Ifountalna are oommon on both sldee of the rlrer. Of theae the loat oonelderable are the Rooky mountalna whloh run on the aouth aide ,n a weaterly dlreotlon at a dlatanoe of from twenty to about fifty illea, exoeptlng In two plaoea where they approaoh the water'a edge ind In one Inatanoe (below Baar Lake rlrer) they are dlrlded by laokenilea rlrer. The next In magnitude la the Horn mountain, whloh toomenoea on the north aide of the entranoe of Maokentlea rlrer and xtendp aa far down aa the Forka on the oppoalte aide and then atrlkea >ff to the northward and la aeen at Martin lake. All kinds of animals ire the aame on both theae rldgea exoept aa obae 'Tsid before the mountain 7oat and aheep; buffaloe are aeldom aeen beyond tVa beginning of faok«nilea rlrer. Lakea are innumerable and extenalra, partloularly on the north alda. Fhaae moat dlatlngulshed for aiaa are the Porouplne, '^reat Willow, Long ind laetly the Oreat Bear lakea, auperlor In tatent to all and auppoaad to equal lake Superior; It oomnronloatea aa do aleo the other likea by a ■Ifgalila narlgable outlet with liaokenalea rlrar and la dlatant about aarenty mllea. Xta eaatern U extremity la aald to approaoh the Copper- mine rlrer within a abort dlatanoe. It oontalne few lalanda and la raportaA to be rary deep; It abounda In flah and ita bordera art rrequentad at all aaaaona of the year by herda of reindeer, to whloh l> liru9y'4 3 '8 iD'"?*n7ftO » ftl* rtO'S si>ii t e r tht I rtlnt, BM Otti tbar m< • nraek] r th« ( to b« rd of 1 If tl nortl r tht : nta an( oa lon^ on worl lt«a wj Inlon I vld b« Wltl T«r, ti rth Bid the Dc pa%l« c Maoker inofi gen«i lin«d Dduotie }r0B«nt r« knoN mnlty, •n fro ralual) •ympt Ij j^% «dd«d Xh9 aatk ox on th« taat sld«. Itt thorta art rooky and r tha moat part barran and unattraotlra. It nararthalaaa prodnoaa rtina, omakrata, whita and > >id fozaa, a faw baarar, wolraraanea, ■a ottare and baara* Tha waat and bordarlng on Maokanilaa rirar la thar mora libarally anppllad with thaaa uaaful anlmala, aapaoially a ffloakrat. whloh la in graat planty. Thlt daaorlptlon will nnawar r tha othar Infarlor lakaa on the aam« aide, azoaptlng that no muakoz to be found on their oonflnaa aa In Oraat Bear lake* To the aouth- rd of Maokenilea river are few or no remarkable lakea for their alte; t If they are amaller they are abaolvtaly maoh better aupplled than e northern lakea with wooda and fi^rnlah more oooupatlon and nllurementa r the Indian hunter who aeeka a country capable of aupplylng hla nta and affording him the meana of purohaalng thoee artlolea, whloh om long hablta have baoome Indlapenalbla to hla ezletenoe auoh aa on worka. kattlea, guna and ammunition whloh he bartered from the Itea with peltrlea. Rum aa an ertlole of trade had no value in their Inlon and ought not to be enoouraged UUUIfilUUHilXXilXllI beoauae it uld be daatruotlra to both their health and Induatry. With raapeot to different trlbea of Indiana Inhabiting Maokenzlea yr, the flrat la the Horn Mountain Indiana who oooupy the whole rth aide aa far down aa Oreat Bear lake; they are the principal branch the Dogrlb Indiana and amount to about two hundred men and boy a pable of puraulng the ohaoa. Theae people and. Indeed, all the nativea Maokenilea rlrer, with which I am aoquaintad, are of a peaq«ble, mild d Inoffenalve dlspoaltlon; hoapltabla to atrangare and among thamaelyea d generally apaaklng honeat In their deallnga* Tat, wlthnl rather ollned to mlatake the truth particularly when queatlonad on the Dductlona of their own country, which tMy alwaya endearour to }reaent aa poor and unproduotlra. Such la their lo^e of peace that I re known the Red Knlrea or rather Copper Indiana to commit with junlty, the moat daring depradatlona upon them; their wivaa are often an from them and they themaalTae etrlppad of arerythlng elaa uaeful raluabla. The only Inetanoa In whloh thay aeem to hare ezhlblted aymptona of orvalty In their nature happened in the year 1815 at ,*' i'f '■.ttu <).) only I d hard off«r« The a , of •] ng a I iat ai •la M anara h ara or r< Idaa, 1 g of I a nff< naelrai inner a. Th4 for thi far ai8 ra^|id< naok I ■tlbka the aai voaiaa] laaat balDg Ataat ( y take atling The liana* liana. > lak«; wb«n ■ party of flT« younf mmn loolvdlng a half braad, only an4 outragaovaly amrdarad twalra indlriduali of tha Rara Indian vn, who wart at tho tliM on tholr way to tho fort. Thlo, howoTor, ^d hardly ba taraad a national aot aa It waa tho daad of h faw talaiB young aon prorokad and taaptad to it by a Tloloua old woman offared her daugbtora aa an inoitament. The oMde of bunting praotiaad by the Dogrib Indiana la almllflr to of all other tribea inhabiting Iteokeniiea rlfri It onnalnta in ing a kind of hedge, learlng aperturea at oartaln dlatanoea for tlag anaraa, in whioh the unwary aooaa or reindeer la taken. Snaller ila and all kinda of birda and waterfowl are ileo oaught in anarea* anare la oiade of parohnent akin out up into tbonga, a number of ih are twlated together and when dryed, bf>oome muoh atroni^er than or rope of equal aite; for fowl nnd email blrda plnew la preferred. Idea, they make uae of the bow nnd nrrow and gun but not expertly, ig of an indolent diapoaitlon, they prefer llrlng on flah, their la affording them abundanoe with little trouble. Heta thay make neelreB and ahow aome ingenuity in manufaoturlng the thread from inner rind of the willow bark, whioh they apin or rather twlat very a. They make traps for the martin, wolf, wolrerene and fox aa well for the bearer, whioh mode of taking the latter animal la confined far aa any obaerratlon aztande to MBokansie rirer. A method of hunting reindeer oommon with the Dogrlba la to take the akin of the head naok and the horna of a young male in one hand nnd rubbing n bundle stioka against the horna with the other Imitating (and alowly adranoing the same time, some geaturaa of the animal, they ao perfectly deoeira unavapioloua dear, aa to get Into the mldat of a bear without oreatlng least alarm and destroy them before they oan effeot their esoape. being aatvrally fond of mirth, singing and danolng afford them tha atast delight, ^hooting with the bow and arrow. la an exeroiae in whioh y take great pleasure and they praotise running leaping and Mill stling. The next nation on the same aide of Uaokensie rirer, is the Hare liana* They are oonsidarably superior in numbers to the last mentioned liaas, but mora inolined to indolenoa. Their hunting grounds are ...-J t- % •d 1 «a1 t mia heir Int aj evppc pl« W( be« Ir ta of faranc a bra I tha Bi iber OM troyed all I \y wan baa Ir Ir nar mild I intain •86 fo ftd«d to the northward by ths MqnintoyeB orCduarrellare and to tha ^-^■piaat by tha Bsqviaaaia landa whloh raaoh to the aaa ooaat. Tha Bt number of nen in thla tribe ie iaparfeotly known, ne le tha interior phair oonntry; nor hare we better information with raapeot to tha int eyed Indiana who are nei^hbonra to t/ie Kaqnimeatix. whioh ooovpy avppoaad diaoharge of Ifaokansiea river with the aen. With the latter pie we are wholly vnaoqvaintad. Thia oompletea the number of Indian bea inhabiting tha north aide aa wall aa the aovth aide of the lower ta of Vaokeniiea rirer* (The aovth aide, from its entrance to the ferenoe of river aux Liard or Porke and thanoe abovl SOO mAlea up a branoh, aa alao aome rangea of the Hooky mountaina are Innda olnimad the Bearer Indiana or Strongbowe of Sir Alexander llaokonzie, ^vhoea iber ma7 amount to aarenty men and boya. Thia is the nation who itroyed Fort Velaon and murdered Ur. Alexander Benry with his family § all hia people in winter 1812-12. Until that unfortunate erent &y were deemed the moat friendly, hospitable and quiet of all the ■bea In Maokeniiea rirer and Justly eataemetl the beat hunters. In rir manners they are oonollinting and aoolable and eaelly governed mild and Juat traa^mant. Th# next Iftll tribe or family i? the Hooky intaln Indians, oon^^'^^n? o' ^^ont thirty or forty men and boya; eae form an Intermediate raoa, between the Bearer Indians and Doi^rlbs are, properly speaking, a mixture of both, although at present aidered aa a distinct people. Their hunting grounds are bounded on I one side by the iahanny rlrer, a large atream which falls into the ler aux Liard and, on the other, by the Hooky Mountain rirer that Joins Ikensie'^ rir^r opposite the discharge of the Great Willow lake. These •pie hare nearly the aame habits, customs, manner and diapoaition as isa already deacrlbed and next to the Bearer Indians are the best hunters Iwn along Maokenzies rirer. After these, though separated by a large lot of country, occasionally risited by the Dogriba and Hare Indiiins nra I Dahadinnea, natires and inhabitants of the Rocky moulitaios, they are In somstimes on Uaokenxiea rirer; but of these people we possess hardly I knowledge. Prom the reports of their neighbours the Rooky Mountain liana, we understand that they are' numerous and good hunters, commanding Iraat extent of oountry, comprising the whole breadth of the Rocky mount- b, ■tratohing m length from tha Rocky Mountain rirer down to Fort 1*^ m Hop*. Wo attttapt, how«T«r, haa baan outda to azplora tham; although (j\|B|a aaid that baarar and larga aolaala ara abundant in tboaa parts. hara haard that bayond tha Rooky aonntaina a rarj larga rivar flows tha waatward and dlaohargas itsalf Into tha aaa, on which ara two a atranga tribaa of Indians, ona oalltd tha Baarakln nationnnd tha of tha other I do not ramanbar. That ahipa ooma yaarly tip tha ar to a oartain diatanoa and trade with tha natlraa, who t^etn t of large doga or Innoaa nada of a kind of aoft white iron. In urn for the eklna of the mountain goat, aheap, wolrarene, bear and , bearer not being enquired after. Returning to the oonflnea of kenslea rirar, the next and laat nation who reaort for trade XIXXX the Company'a aatabllahmanta In that quarter, la the Squint Syea . their habita and nannara ay knowledge ia rary limited and I beliere y are aa Imperfectly known to othera, exoeptlnR UeaBra. Charlea "^rrant Petor Warren Deaae, who hare traded with them for aereral auooeaalre ra at ?ort 3ood Rope. Bealdea theae natlTae we hare aome oonfuaad ounta of two othera In *he upper part of river aux Hard, inhabit! ug Hooky Ifountalns* The first la the Hahannlea and the aeoond aaid frequent tha vpper eatabliahment In Feaoa rlrer are known to tha kantlea rlrer Indiana by the name of T8illadahodinn4* It la probable t t oomnaonioationa might be opened with all theae unknown tribea, for a are oonaldarable rirsfs leading to MaokeYisiea rirar from all tha ferent parts of the country oobupied by them. The namea of theae 'aaae beginning by the rlrer aux Liard (the source of which la yet nown) and prooaedlng down Maokentiea rirar maybe thua atated In atlon, north branch of rirar aux Liard, Hahanny rirar. Hooky llountain ar, Oahidinne rirer and another atraam aomewhat abora Fort liooA Hope, ) name of which I cannot at preaent raoall to mind, from all parts the oountries, that I hare endearoured to describe herein bearer other peltries hara been obtained while I waa in MaokenBlea rirar, onrlnoing proof how worthy they ara of notice in a liWMIMi commercial nt of riew. The natlres of Kaokansiee rirer drssa in the same manner except tha Int Kyes, although the materials depend upon the animals which aaob tioular country contains; soma making use of the moose skin, and i t •r» of the tkln of the relndter. In winter the hareekin fvrnlvhes erolothlng for all alike. The capote or ahlrta of the oMn are e and long, reaohlng down to the knees and adorned with eereral rows ' fringes fanoifvlly wrought in oolovred moose hair and poroupine ills. They gird the waist with a broad belt worked with the same terials, whioh has a handsome appearanoe. Their leggings, shoes and Va Tors oollars whioh they wear round the neok are similarly garnished, lelr head dress consists of a narrow leather slip surrounding the irehead; bears olaws are attached at certain distances to the slips, as to project forward and to their extremities are affixed the feathers an eagles tail, whioh dance at erery motion. A soalplng knife case d fire bag fastened tn the back between the shoulders with a pair mittens, trimmed as their other garments and suspended from the neck constantly worn by both sexes, a leather blanket is thrown over 1 and completes the dress. The women deck themselres out in much |e same way, only that their leather gowns, or, as the Canadians style |em, cotillons, are longer and they bestow on them a great^ profucion ornament. The Worth feet company had been in possession of Mackenzles rer nine years, yet had only two posts established, one at the rks and the second at Qreat Bear lake, till in the year 1804, I was It back to that department and appointed to the charge of the post at |e Porks, where Vr. James Porter had wintered the fCl year before ■sde a return of 36 packs of furs. The Indians then resorting \r trade to the Bstablishment consisted of the Bearer Indian nation, fcky Mountain Indians and a number of Bogribs, amounting in all to >nt one hundred and ninety men and boys. l|y outfit was S7 pieces trading goiJs for which I reoeired 60 packs weighing 87 lbs. each, the course of this winter I hmf$ an opportunity of making enquiries the state of the country up the rirer aux Llard. The information kioh I collected on that occaii-'n conrinced me of the benefit which |ght aoorms to the concern, by establishing a post there. Full of |ese ideas and without waiting orders from the partners of Athabasca, Iv iXkX a man in the summer to erect a temporary stors about 80 miles from '^i 16 Forks and sonetiae afterwards followid myself with an Indian in a ill oanos to ascertain whether the rlrer would be narigable for largs tost S 3 A '.J „ i.'-.-l!"I"nW~W«WB [n wblolL I «•• not dlaappolnt«d, but rather more firmly persuaded of evperior adrantagea for trade* Therefore, I dlrlded the Bearer liana from the 11 other trlbea who traded with me at the Porks and It them up the rlrer aux Llard to oolleot prorlalona promlalng that >iild write to the partners at Fort Cfatpewean and solicit for them a inent eetabllehment. whioh I did in a general letter eaplnlning as il as I oould my motires for so doing, netting forth at the same time promising appearanoe of the ^laoe* I added that I would proceed lelf, if a oierk was sent to superintend their affaire at the Forks* Alexander ?laokenzle supported my suggestions and aooordlngly Mr. >rge Keith was sent there, while I remained at the Forks* The toeedlng year we made each thirty paoke and the year following we had between us; three fourths of which were bearer, so that the same iians who gare 36 paoka 3 years before had now more than trebled their burn* At this period Mr. Alexander Maokenzie having opened a trade ;h the Squint Eyes, the aggregate of the rettirne of in Haokenzies rer doubled its former ratio* The product of eaoh poat stood thus, new establishment called Fort Nelson 72 packsi Forks 40. '^reat Bear IB £3 and Fort Good Rope upwards of 40, forming in all more than 170 Iks of furs, three fourths of which consisted of bearer skins. The ^ablishaant of the whole department employed n partner as manager, ir clerks and 87 men or Canadians. And its outfit if ny memory does betray me, did not exoeed IIP pieces including equipments, orders stores for clerks and engagAea remaining inland and the necessary )rlsions to fire canoes, for a royage of fifteen and twenty days* This »sperou8 situation of the iiH^flllf company's aflalrs did not, howerer, itlnue long, a rererse soon followed the causes of which are too Inful to relate; besides it might be oonslderad aa inridluus in me to capitulate the partloulars when the remedy is too late to recall the [11* Sttffioe it to say that the moat erroneous system of conduct on le part of soma of the managers of Haokeniies rirer, materially [ntrlbuted not only to the ruin of the trade, but the destruction of many the company's useful serrants; leering the natirea Impressed with [lirely contempt for our morals and reotitude of character* Finally, fjvdloious asnagement brought on the deatruotion and massaore of Fort flson whloh gare the conolueira blow to the trade; for in the year 1815 tb^ooll«otlT« iraaber of paoka aaovnt«d to no nor* than 64. By thia tl'oM tba oonoarn oonoleTlnn^ tba dapartaant Inonpabla of dafrnyinf^ Ita axpanaaa v-iarad it to ba araouatad altogathar, whioh waa aooordingly dona In tha enaaer, 18in to tha gra^t bazard of our liven, for tba natlraa baring obtained a icnowladga of our Intentlone, bad formed tha daalgn of daatroying ub on our way out. Votwlth Btnndlng that no promifles bad been oada of returning at a future period to trade with thea, I waa sent the followlni^ aummar with alx Canadinna in a large oanoe and a email eupply of goods to renew the interoouraa. In the oouree of my paapnga down the river aa far ae Fort Qood Rope, I fell in with eerarnl p<)rtie8 of all tha different tribes and was weloomed by them vith extrnragant demonstrationa of Joy. Tbey danoed and orled by turna, ruabing up to their knaea into the water to ruH my onnon aahore, begging, at the Bame time, that tba wbitea would return to their landa and promising them utmost endearour to render our aituation with them aa oomfortnble aa poaribla. I explained to them that it did not depend upon myself, but on the partnara at Fort Ch)^pewean, to whom I undertook to make n report of their raqueat and adrisad them to hunt furs and prepare provisions in the axpaotation that it would be granted; I also aasurad them that If wa did not reauae our deaertad establiahmanta, a oanov would oertninly go down erery year to trade their furs and bring them the most ua^ful anppliaa. Thia paoified them and they agreed to exert themselves in colleoting peltries. To the ohiefa of banda that ware absent I likewiaa ■ant praaanta and appropriate maaBagea* My oonduot was ppprovad by tbe partnara aaaambled in the fall at Fort Chepawean and the good affeota of thia Journey appeared the auooaeding yeara; for in consequence of mj rapraaantation Hr. Charlaa Orant waa aent to raeatabllah the daparttaant and traded in bia Journey down 40 paoka, whereaa I had oolleotad elgbt only the year before. Tbe ooapany bare now three post a in that quarter, via; Fort Oood Hope, Willow Lake river and Fort Ifelaon raooouplad last year. ZMiXi Theae aatablisbaanta are oommitted to tbe far* of one partner and tbrae olerka aoat of wboa are deflolent in knoaladga of tba oountry and ita natlraa* ^>"*»to ,:,'^. ;fc 5 4' •vtablli that It ebonld 1 iMtlT«a at, K«i It it IK b« atn ( would b( •xerolK should I and Tit! luatful witbot 1 of th«ii •rlaing wlnttr 1 btoostni tht ohai in tht I vnleta i than tht firtt p< axiaploi( poata a] that th< It I hava ( darlfbd aatablii randar I aatlmt] To froiB Mag tbarafoi 5 ^ will now ▼•ntvr* to glr* 99 opinion on tbo b«ot Minnor of ro- ottobl labile tbo prooporlty of tnido In IliiokonBioB rlror. A mnnngwr tbot It known to tbo not 1 too, of on nprtgbt, otoady ond offoblo dlopooltloii abovld bo oppol^tod ( for tbroo yooro at loaot) to romaln tboro, for tho natlroo dlollko ohangoo. I aball tako tbo llborty of oboerrlng tbat Mf* Kolth lo tho only poraon aa qnnlifiad with whom thoy aro ooqtinlntod. It la noooaaary tbat tho olorka entmotod with tho eororal poeta should bo aan of alailar oharaotor- othorwlao tho boat meaavree of the Bnnaf^or would bo defontod and tho atriotaat aubordlnntion must ab?oli>tely ba axorolaod with rof^nrd to the mnn or Canadlnna. In ^irniier the olerka sboold not be allowed to lonre their trupts on nXflXa whimRloal pretonooa and Tialt Fort Chopowoan, looring their poata to the onre of if^norant, loatfol Canadiana. If any from ill-health or other urgent roneona wiaboa to retire from the department, they might giro prorlone notloe of their Intention tn the .:onoern^ wbioh ahould provide agnlnat injurioa arlalog to the trade therefrom by sending another olerk n year before to winter with the retiring one, ao tbat be would hoTo an opportunity of beooming aoqualntad with the bablta of the natives: by suoh a preoautlon the obange would be hardly peroeptible to them. Besidea all innoTntiono in tho mode of trafioking and treatment of them ahould be forbidden, unloae It was fully proved tbnt improTemont oould thereby be made. Eren then the meaaurea proposed should be alowly adopted and the trader nuat flrat poaaaaa their oonfldenoo. suoh uniform oonduot would destroy all auapioiona In the breaat of the Indian and enoourage him to Industry. Tho poata alao ahould not be enoumberod with more than one or two famlliea, tbat they may not bo exposed to privation. It is aoaroely noooaaary for me to point out after the remarks whloh I bOTO already made, the great additional adTsntagea that might be derlfbd from examining the oovntriea about tho Hooky Uountaina and aatabliahinff an interoourao with the natlToa; they would In all probability render Maokeniie river a souroa of wealt|^ to the company onaoh abovo their oatlmatlon and of wbioh it la unlikely that any opponent oan pnrtako* To oonoludo I aball obaerro that tbo foregoing aheeta ware written froia uomory while I waa at the Expedition Ronee near to Coppermine rlrer, tberafora it la likely tbat aoao arrora may bare oooarrad, wbiob I bopa ioova F«bni fflBt* «U1 %• €#•■•« Movsttbl*. «)i«n It la oon«14«r«d that I bad n« 4oo«aaBta to triilob X oovld rafar for a aoro axaot atataaant* ■ILUn) PKROXIAIS WKITSIL. Pabnary i6tb. 18tl, fflBtar Loka. Fort Bntarpriaa. o#^ ^%uy /z'A'*^ X^i^'^tM-^ otM*' ,/.. ^,u / ^Atm I ■ »y . 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