Chapter I: Front Matter

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NARRATIVE
OF A SECOND EXPEDITION
TO THE SHORES OF
THE POLAR SEA,
IN THE YEARS
1825, 1826, AND 1827,

BY JOHN FRANKLIN,
CAPT. R.N., F.R.S., &C. AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION.

INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF A
DETACHMENT TO THE EASTWARD,

BY JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.
SURGEON AND NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COLONIAL AFFAIRS.

Philadelphia:
CAREY, LEA, AND CAREY--CHESNUT STREET.

SOLD IN NEW YORK BY G. AND C. CARVILL--IN BOSTON BY MUNROE
AND FRANCIS.

1828.

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W. PILKINGTON & CO. PRINTERS.

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TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL BATHURST, K.G.,
LORD PRESIDENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL,
&c. &c. &c.

THE FOLLOWING
NARRATIVE OF A SECOND JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ALONG
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.

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Introductory Chapter ix

Official Instructions xix

CHAPTER I.

Join the Boats in the Methye River--Cross the Long Portage--Arrival
at Fort Chipewyan--Departure from thence with the whole party for
Mackenzie River--Arrangements at Fort Norman--Descent to the
Sea--Return to the Winter Quarters at Great Bear Lake 23

CHAPTER II.

Transactions at Fort Franklin, 1825-6 61

CHAPTER III.

Voyage to the Sea--Part from the Eastern Detachment at Point
Separation--Reach the Mouth of the Mackenzie--Interview and Contest
with the Esquimaux--Detained by Ice--Meet friendly Esquimaux--Point
Sabine 87

CHAPTER IV.

Babbage River--Meet Natives at Herschel Island--Their Trade with the
Russians, through the Western Esquimaux--Ascend Mount
Conybeare--Boundary of the British Dominions on this Coast--Delayed
at Icy Reef--Barter Island--Detention at Foggy Island--Return
Reef--Limit of outward Voyage 114

CHAPTER V.

Commence Return to the Mackenzie--Delayed again at Foggy Island--Ice
packed on the Reefs near Beaufort Bay, and on the Coast about
Clarence River--Pass the Channels near Herschel Island in a Gale and
Fog--A sudden Gale--Escape an Attack which the Mountain Indians
meditated--Enter the Mackenzie--Peel River--Arrival at Fort Franklin
141

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_Dr. Richardson's Narrative of the Proceedings of the Eastern Detachment of the Expedition._

CHAPTER I.

Leave Point Separation, and descend the Eastern Channel of the
Mackenzie--Arrive at Sacred Island--Esquimaux Graves--Interview with
the Natives; their thievish disposition--Attempt to gain possession
of the Union--Heavy Gale--Find shelter in Refuge Cove--Low
Coast--Mirage--Stopped by Ice at Point Toker--Reach the Sea 162

CHAPTER II.

Detention by wind--Visited by the Esquimaux--Cross a large Stream of
Fresh Water--Winter Houses on Atkinson Island--Gale of Wind and
Fog--Run into Browell Cove--Double Cape Dalhousie--Liverpool Bay and
Esquimaux Lake--Icy Cliffs--Meet another party of Esquimaux--Cape
Bathurst 180

CHAPTER III.

Double Cape Bathurst--Whales--Bituminous-shale Cliffs on Fire--Enter
Franklin Bay--Heavy Gale--Peninsula of Cape Parry--Perforated
Rock--Detention at Cape Lyon by Wind--Force of an Esquimaux
Arrow--Meet with heavy Ice--Pass Union and Dolphin Straits--Double
Cape Krusenstern, and enter George the Fourth's Coronation
Gulph--Reach the Coppermine River--Remarks--Meteorological Table
193
CHAPTER IV.

Ascend the Coppermine River--Abandon the Boats and
Stores--Commence the Land Journey--Cross the Copper Mountains and
Height of Land--Meet Indians who bring Provisions--Arrive at Great
Bear Lake--Detained by want of a Boat--Send out Hunters--Arrival of
Beaulieu--Collect the Party, and proceed to Fort
Franklin--Conclusion 222

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_Captain Franklin's Narrative resumed._

CHAPTER VI.

Brief Notices of the Second Winter at Bear Lake--Traditions of the
Dog-Ribs--Leave Fort Franklin--Winter Journey to Fort
Chipewyan--Remarks on the progress of improvement in the Fur
Countries--Set out in Canoes on the Voyage Homeward--Join Dr.
Richardson at Cumberland House--Mr. Drummond's Narrative--Arrival in
Canada, at New York, and London 238

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