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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... first overland journey and the death of Hood are among the saddest episodes in the history of Arctic exploration . My best chance seemed to be to follow Hearne's example , and trust to the local knowledge of Indians vi PREFACE .
... first overland journey and the death of Hood are among the saddest episodes in the history of Arctic exploration . My best chance seemed to be to follow Hearne's example , and trust to the local knowledge of Indians vi PREFACE .
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... chance of fresh meat . Many geese and ducks are killed and salted during the spring and autumn migration of wild - fowl , which come to the Athabasca Lake at these periods in vast numbers . Chipeweyan has a large population for the part ...
... chance of fresh meat . Many geese and ducks are killed and salted during the spring and autumn migration of wild - fowl , which come to the Athabasca Lake at these periods in vast numbers . Chipeweyan has a large population for the part ...
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... chance of laying in a stock is missed . The lake still affords an excellent field for exploration , as beyond the main route to the east end and some of the nearer fisheries very little is known to the Whites , and the country in every ...
... chance of laying in a stock is missed . The lake still affords an excellent field for exploration , as beyond the main route to the east end and some of the nearer fisheries very little is known to the Whites , and the country in every ...
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... chance of seeing far in any direction . The current is of no great velocity with the exception of two small rapids formed by the contraction of the channel ; both are navigable , although at certain stages of water it is necessary to ...
... chance of seeing far in any direction . The current is of no great velocity with the exception of two small rapids formed by the contraction of the channel ; both are navigable , although at certain stages of water it is necessary to ...
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... chance lay in going with him . Certainly , with all his faults , I must say that he was thoroughly expert in all the arts of travel with canoes or dog- sleighs , quick in emergencies , and far more courageous than most of the half ...
... chance lay in going with him . Certainly , with all his faults , I must say that he was thoroughly expert in all the arts of travel with canoes or dog- sleighs , quick in emergencies , and far more courageous than most of the half ...
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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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