The Barren Ground of Northern CanadaAn account of a journey in 1889 to the desert region of Canada between Hudson Bay and the Arctic Sea, in order to find and study the musk-ox and its Indian hunters. |
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... animal , a relic of an earlier age , that was still to be found roaming the Barren Ground , the vast desert that lies between Hudson's Bay , the eastern ends of the three great lakes of the North , and the Arctic Sea . This animal ...
... animal , a relic of an earlier age , that was still to be found roaming the Barren Ground , the vast desert that lies between Hudson's Bay , the eastern ends of the three great lakes of the North , and the Arctic Sea . This animal ...
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... animal , a relic of an earlier age , that was still to be found roaming the Barren Ground , the vast desert that lies between Hudson's Bay , the eastern ends of the three great lakes of the North , and the Arctic Sea . This animal was ...
... animal , a relic of an earlier age , that was still to be found roaming the Barren Ground , the vast desert that lies between Hudson's Bay , the eastern ends of the three great lakes of the North , and the Arctic Sea . This animal was ...
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... animals or of the methods of hunting them employed by the Northern Indians . This , then , was the sole object of my journey ; to try and penetrate this unknown land , to see the Musk- ox , and find out as much as I could about their ...
... animals or of the methods of hunting them employed by the Northern Indians . This , then , was the sole object of my journey ; to try and penetrate this unknown land , to see the Musk- ox , and find out as much as I could about their ...
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... animals at different seasons , and thus run less danger of starvation than strangers , however proficient the latter may be in driving dogs and handling canoes . In following out this plan I naturally passed through a great deal of new ...
... animals at different seasons , and thus run less danger of starvation than strangers , however proficient the latter may be in driving dogs and handling canoes . In following out this plan I naturally passed through a great deal of new ...
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... animal is seen close to the banks of the river . As soon as the cargo was all over we went across to Fort Smith , standing just below the rapids , to await the arrival of the Mackenzie River steamboat which was expected at any time . Dr ...
... animal is seen close to the banks of the river . As soon as the cargo was all over we went across to Fort Smith , standing just below the rapids , to await the arrival of the Mackenzie River steamboat which was expected at any time . Dr ...
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2nd Edition 3rd Edition 4th Edition A. W. VERRALL animals Arctic Athabasca band bank Barren Ground BEGINNERS blanket Book cache camp canoe caribou chance Chipeweyan course crossing Crown 8vo dogs Edited by Rev ELEMENTARY ENGLISH Esquimaux ESSAYS Extra fcp F. T. PALGRAVE fire fish flour Fond du Lac Fort Resolution Fort Smith Globe 8vo GREEK half-breeds HISTORY Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Hope hunt Illustrated Indians Introduction island John journey killed Lac de Gras land LATIN Lesser Slave Lake load lodge Mackay Mackenzie River MACMILLAN'S Maps meat Medium 8vo miles morning mountains musk-ox night passed Peace River pines plenty POEMS portage rapid reached revised rocks Saltatha SCHOOLS SERMONS sewed shore short Slave Lake sleighs snow snow-shoes STORIES stream tion tobacco tracks Translated TREATISE vols weather willows wind winter woods Yellow Knives
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