Chapter 2 of 17
CHAPTER I.
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827 · John Franklin, Sir John Richardson
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._