640 N A. T1 VCE. T; R I B W8j : 'AîN D
Hudson
' B av.
Tbe-aurara-horealts jdiffufes^a'ivariiegatfed fplendour,1 whichequals thatpf
the fu»tofifth 2 ao4- thsiftarsXpafkle with;fier§terfe«8. iTh-eififfidn
Hudfeqtfea are far. from numerous* sand the iwhkfeifcfheaiy;.'has he®n m
m M withoutifeecefer \There? are fewffiell fifh ; and .the quadrupeds
and birds' correfpond. With> t lb ^ S Ubx^or and
ern indigenes ^rac-Iikiraos^ but there are other favages in. the d&ijth:
and the fadioriesaret viiited by' feveral tribes.* •
C E N T R A L p a r t s *-*
9‘!T ill thtjdurirey oTMr. Hearrie, an officer qfthe Hucfo#s!BafCom.
hàny id ‘17711, and the more difficult and labbritfu's^entetpŸitfS^f Mr.
MâS eür fn 0^ and 1793; littld was know'n'éontêFóhrj'th^ititerîor
p ^ of North America. In' i?£6 D’AnVlil^jy^do^r, wtimtohfiderable
accuracy, the Sea of Canada; drTh’e tfitê&gUm eë^hnéjkfees.
Hdclbfes with the Lake of the WÖiitfé; and a river'^how«6a#e# Winnihicj
rtffi&^or'the N., while from the fame’lakedlMfe^ivet' pgefids
fq thé W. drfcóvèred by a favagè called Öcttaga.2?* bùÉ>
hot exift. Not far to t h é of the Lake of the W B B S B K W
Miffiffippi, but fays that thé fóüfcés'ate unknowti jXhe^arë
on that very foot. :1# é r a few other portions i!û Æa» Vicinit^ Reüeclàres
h i s ignoranée of th e countryJfurthef to thé weft.'
lakes of Winnlpîé,' of "the Hills, and the Slave lake, f with thd%nmenie
ranges of mountains,, and other -importait featured,' h è r e unkHp%|to
this able geographer, who was matter of W WËMÊÊë ÊÈÈÊÊÊM^
The lake of Winhiipic appears to have been difclofedt'd
tree about 17&, by fikriers from Canada‘ add much wasfaid
* The tenth chapter of Mr. Heamc’s journey may be
and vegetables. ' A dwarf larch is here called the juniper. The witha-capucca is called A
S l^ n g drank in ihfnfion. - Mr. Hearne obferves, p. 51 that the American t e | g | g n
joy, and even laugh at, the fight of diftrefs or pam. UUoa «arks it as ^ g | E u,
. V A lirffti. that they inflift the greateft cruelties with perfeft indifference. On any dang
fu'nJ s, p. *o3, the patient is left to periih alone. It is a favourite paftime; of
captive woman or child, p. *66. . .
, K, . 1 ■ - : ïtnaguw*/
iUNJCO^qillERlkD CW W T R IE S .
didaginkrÿ langé'’riverssealleê Hie? Bourbon if, sfhich may however have Ceji
îbceû’the Safkaûiawin, - < - - t , |Ng t | a -^Uïrï km ^
Mr. Hearne -performed^hiWjtbaimsS inithe yaé'âirs^*jr-^3^?— 7,72^, but Hea
èiook -did not appear till 1795. ■ He,. Pxiaos'-fcf PM
W«#s|l«r:Cbarnhill,;and ns$iQrfe£,# gtnpp*§f,igk«^ ««»lk^Do^^tan^
•other names, neat Ghdfterfidd Met ; and,,further- ^jrhW%,g%rt?, Tybf
gre^t-extent, which he .cajls'^fthapdfeaw,tthe efentj^ îMirïgüû jémg.i ,1.2yf:,
lât/ffe0 ?’being evMendy the Slawe'Jafeêv^ME-'M.apk^^;^ fhe fepe
’làtf4ndte,‘'bu'tWg;ï n^îtsà Th©-GoppértS® ne .river;: wlfpj
laysfdOwnin’lasng. .i2a°,Ms.<iby Mr. Arrowfmith
Thisniver flowing into the^ftjp,fp®ean>was the p5qft‘}eûj'ip1u1s^|j|)ÿJery
ofiMrt Hearne, whofe journiesj feemed iMfdgfnfipftrale- that
«'©nnorth-Weft paffiag© wasitCEiheyexpefted. .In hiiSi^fp^>e#ili^^|i¥g^
lif^Mteadthat the -Copper areer .probably Æow4$pJ*ï«&0.
ihaesitf Hu^foaj;7 which may ajfo blithe c®£g v&b*
Ma>Mearne!s adventares^on his .new :r9jjt^'j?rs;ii^njifing,anddsijSB^feig*
-He met. with many heÊds . of impfk catBle, a pjprious »fpejdes J f Scribed
and engravedfby .'Mr. -Pennant- in his ,Afdt-ic ^oJOgy^ • Qn. ,th,c:.pfth.srf
July lyyi^he at length-arrived at the Ccmper, river,, where]^hd-
■ whisrattendssd him piurdefed.j in a .|hoçkmg. rpani ^e r ' f^Mio ffj.mh
li’es';fjajndxin ;tMe 1 yfh he was within flghç- of the fe,a. “ I.t^b^refdrefet
inftkntly abouthonimencing my furvey, and purfued it to fehe,4jf'outh..of ,
the' rivier; . which I found all the w^y fo full'jpfffiofds land ,f^llsr^tetd|:
Was not-navigable even: for a boat,tand that it'etnpjied dtfelf int» the -fea
over a-.ridge or'bar. The tide was then out; but T. j.^dgeldffr95^|thç
marks which I faw on the edge of the icfe, thâtîi|^qWed,ah9i^*t.w-?,!v^of
■ fetekeia %ét, which will only .reabh. a ;®f|}e $raf w^hihsyhe yrive^y
•liltsuthd:* 'Thetide being eut, the water in• the'river' wâsiperfëftlylfrefh j
but i;-ate..eertain rf:it§ hdtng<the fea, P-r fotne hr^Péh Jjwyqtiaa*
tity. iiéf:whalebone and §W*iWsRiS:. 'wW?b Ag Ifkjmqs^b^d at.jÿigi^'tgîjtsj,
and alfo by the number of feals which, h faw pn the^i^f ^t.the.mçuth
of the river .the fea is full of iflands and fh©al'4' asfar as I could fee with'
the affiftance pf a good pocket telefqope. ; The ice was mot then broke
up, but was melted away for about three-puarfers i of a“ mile float
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