Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's notes:

There are several inconsistencies in spelling and punctuation in the original. Some corrections have been made for obvious typographical errors; they have been noted individually in the text. All changes made by the transcriber are enumerated in braces, for example {1}; details of corrections and comments are listed at the end of the text. Note that many of the errors were introduced in the third edition, as cross-referencing the second edition has shown.

In the original, the "Mc" in Scottish names is given as "M" followed by what looks like a left single quotation mark (Unicode 2018). This has been changed to "Mc" throughout the text; note that the original also contains a few apparently inconsistent uses of "Mac", which have been retained.

Specific spellings that differ from their modern versions and have been retained in this text are "Saskatchawan" (modern "Saskatchewan"), "Winipeg" (modern "Winnipeg"), "Esquimaux" (modern "Eskimo") and "musquito" (with one instance of "moscheto", modern "mosquito").

Text in italics in the original is shown between _underlines_. For this text version, the oe-ligature (Unicode 0153) has been rendered as "oe". Footnote 14 in chapter IV contains two transliterations, where [=a] represents Latin small letter a with macron (Unicode 0101) and [=o] stands for Latin small letter o with macron (Unicode 014D).

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NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY

TO THE SHORES OF THE

POLAR SEA,

IN

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.

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 à{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
Indian Party--His Journey to Chipewyan 260

CHAPTER VII.

Departure from Chipewyan--Difficulties of the various
Navigation of the Rivers and Lakes, and of the
Portages--Slave Lake and Fort Providence--Scarcity of
Provisions, and Discontent of the Canadian
Voyagers--Difficulties with regard to the Indian
Guides--Refusal to proceed--Visit of Observation to the
upper part of Copper-Mine River--Return to the
Winter-Quarters of Fort Enterprise 301

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_Directions to the Binder._

VOL. I.

I. The CHART shewing the Connected Discoveries of Captains Ross, Parry, and Franklin, to face the _Title-Page_.

VOL. II.

II. Route from York Factory } III. Isle à la Crosse } To be placed at the end. IV. Slave Lake }