MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXIV.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES,
Northumberland-Court.

CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER VIII.
Page
Transactions at Fort Enterprise--Mr. Back's Narrative of his
Journey to Chipewyan, and Return 1

CHAPTER IX.

Continuation of Proceedings at Fort Enterprise--Some Account
of the Copper Indians--Preparations for the Journey to the
Northward 76

CHAPTER X.

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 122

CHAPTER XI.

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 193

CHAPTER XII.

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 237

JOURNEY TO THE SHORES
OF
THE POLAR SEA.

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CHAPTER VIII.

Transactions at Fort Enterprise--Mr. Back's Narrative of his
Journey to Chipewyan and Return.

1820. September.

During our little expedition to the Copper-Mine River, Mr. Wentzel had
made great progress in the erection of our winter-house, having nearly
roofed it in. But before proceeding to give an account of a ten months'
residence at this place, henceforth designated Fort Enterprise, I may
premise, that I shall omit many of the ordinary occurrences of a North
American winter, as they have been already detailed in so able and
interesting a manner by Ellis[1], and confine myself principally to the
circumstances which had an influence on our progress in the ensuing
summer. The observations on the magnetic needle, the temperature of the
atmosphere, the Aurora