THE YEARS 1819-20-21-22.

BY

JOHN FRANKLIN, CAPT. R.N., F.R.S., M.W.S.,
AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL BATHURST.

THIRD EDITION.

TWO VOLS.--VOL. I.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXIV{1}.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES,
Northumberland-court.

[Illustration: The Connected Discoveries of Captains
Ross, Parry, and Franklin in the years 1818, 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23.]

TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL BATHURST, K.G.,

ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE,
&c. &c. &c.

THE FOLLOWING

NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY TO 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
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.

Page
INTRODUCTION ix

CHAPTER I.

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 1

CHAPTER II.

Passage up Hayes', Steel, and Hill Rivers--Cross Swampy
Lake--Jack River--Knee Lake, and Magnetic Islet--Trout
River--Holy Lake{2}--Weepinapannis River--Windy Lake--White
Fall Lake and River--Echemamis and Sea Rivers--Play-Green
Lakes--Lake Winipeg--River Saskatchawan--Cross, Cedar, and
Pine Island Lakes--Cumberland House 41

CHAPTER III.

Dr. Richardson's residence at Cumberland-House--His account
of the Cree Indians 91

CHAPTER IV.

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{3} la
Crosse--Arrival at Fort Chipewyan 146

CHAPTER V.

Transactions at Fort Chipewyan--Arrival of Dr. Richardson
and Mr. Hood--Preparations for our Journey to the Northward 221

CHAPTER VI.

Mr. Hood's Journey to the Basquiau Hill--Sojourns with an