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.

Specific spellings that differ from their modern versions and have been retained in this text are "Saskatchawan" (modern "Saskatchewan"), "Esquimaux" (modern "Eskimo") and "musquito" (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 3 in chapter VIII contains several instances of [·0] as a transliteration of the symbol for "Sun" (Unicode 2609).

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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. II.

LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXIV.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES, Northumberland-Court.

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER VIII.
Page
Transactions at Fort Enterprise--Mr. Back's Narrative of his
Journey to Chipewyan, and Return 1

CHAPTER IX.

Continuation of Proceedings at Fort Enterprise--Some Account
of the Copper Indians--Preparations for the Journey to the
Northward 76

CHAPTER X.

Departure from Fort Enterprise--Navigation of the Copper-Mine
River--Visit to the Copper Mountain--Interview with the
Esquimaux--Departure of the Indian Hunters--Arrangements made
with them for our Return 122

CHAPTER XI.

Navigation of the Polar Sea, in two Canoes, as far as Cape
Turnagain, to the Eastward, a distance exceeding Five Hundred
and Fifty Miles--Observations on the probability of a
North-West Passage 193

CHAPTER XII.

Journey across the barren grounds--Difficulty and delay in
crossing Copper-Mine River--Melancholy and fatal Results
thereof--Extreme Misery of the whole Party--Murder of Mr.
Hood--Death of several of the Canadians--Desolate State of
Fort Enterprise--Distress suffered at that Place--Dr.
Richardson's Narrative--Mr. Back's Narrative--Conclusion 237

JOURNEY TO THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA.

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