Part 13

_Wah-ha-wun_, Weak. _Wappun_, Daylight. _Wappas-sue_, An early riser, One who rises by daylight. _Wee-kee_, What used to be. _Weggee-moggan_, Mate, (a person that lives in the same tent.) _Wiggee_, Place of abode. _Nis-tais-Weggee-mah-gun_, He lives with my elder brother. _Weggee-wow_, Their dwelling. _Wethin_, Fat in its natural state. _Wee-thin-noo_, Fat (as a fat animal), Fat meat. _Wah-thou_, A great distance. _Wah-thoue_, A hollow or vacuum. _Wappow_, Narrow part of a lake, where the two shores almost meet. _Wap-pick-oo-mow_, A narrow lake. _Wow-we-ick-oo-mow_, A round lake. _Wappusk_, A white bear. _Wah-ke-nog-gan_, Jumper. _Wus-qui_, Birch. _Ke-Wan-nay-too-tow-wow_, You do not use him well. _Wah-gow_, Crooked. _Wee-lah_, Tell it. _Wee-tum-mow_, Tell him. _Wee-rup-pow_, _Ne-Wee-rup-pan_, He wants to sleep. _We-thun-e-taggay_, Disjointing and cutting up an animal. _We-thun-e-how_, To cut up, To disjoint. _Walhow-nah-gun_, Any thing seen far off. _Wee-cheg-gun_, Stink. _Wo-waudge_, Also. _Kee-Wappin_, You see. _Wy-ais_, Something. _Ke-Wah-co-mow_, You call him your relation. _Ke-We-way-a-se-min_, You hinted to deceive me. _We-co-to_, To feast. _We-co-too-nah-me-woo_, Feasting. _Weeth_, Name it, Mention its name. _Wee-this-sue_, Mention your own name. _Was-cah_, Around. _Was-cah-higgan_, A house. _Was-keig_, The edge of a skin. _We-ug-ge-tow_, Not to be frugal, To be wasteful. _Wun-ny-hov_, To loose, Lost. _Ne-Wan-eth-etum-mow-mick_, He makes me at a loss what to say. _Wan-eth-etum_, He is quite at a loss. _Was-tai-ab-bel_, Light eyes. _We-the-gre-quay_, Dirty face. _Wow-we-ec-quay_, Round face. _Wow-we-eg-se-nah-goo-sue_, Droll looking. _Wo-we-et-tis-sue_, A funny person. _Ke-Wo-we-ase-hittan_, I was jesting with you. _N’-Wo-we-etwan_, I spoke it in jest. _Wee-kee_, Accustomed. _Wutchee_, A hill. _Wah-gis-cow_, Any thing that bends well. _Ne-Wap-pah-tin_, I saw it. _Ne-Wap-puh-tith-ick_, It was shown to me. _Was-dis-sue_, To appear bright with the reflection of the sun. _Wah-thoue_, Hollow, like an empty nut-shell. _Wow-we-ah-sue_, The full moon. _Wow-we-a-sue_, Round. _Was-cum-mis-sue_, Not intoxicated, Sober. _Wus-kitch_, Outside. _Wes-kutch_, Formerly. _Wee-sin-now_, Castorum. _Wee-pus-cow_, Burnt wood, lying on the ground. _Wan-nah-scootch_, The end, edge, or extremity. _Wenne-peg,_ The sea called by that name; also a lake.

THE END.

R. Watts, _Printer, Crown Court, Temple Bar_.

FOOTNOTES

[1]See Appendix (E).

[2]This duty is considered by all naval officers as the severest trial of health and spirit to which the profession of a seaman is liable: and in proof of this, it will appear, by the following Narrative, that, upon the _Rosamond_ being ordered a second time to this station, her Captain obtained leave to quit his ship, and eight of her crew deserted the first time the boat went to shore, after the order arrived from the _Admiralty_.

[3]See the narrative of this circumstance, as it appeared, at the time, in the _Naval Chronicle_ and other public journals. Upon this signal instance of _British_ valour in a person so young as to be almost a child in the service, and who had gallantly volunteered to accompany the expedition upon this dangerous enterprise, the Captain of his ship presented Mr. _Chappell_ with the sword of the _Spanish_ Commander, as the prize of his valour.

[4]The Gunner was tried by a Court-martial, during our stay at the _Nore_; and was sentenced, to be reprimanded, and to receive an admonition to be more cautious in future.

[5]This is one of the most remarkable examples of the _Cyclopéan architecture_ of the _Celts_ which is known to exist; owing to its remote situation with regard to the rest of _Europe_.

[6]The _Fucus Vesiculosus_ of _Linnœus_, or _Bladder Fucus_; called also _Sea Oak_, and _Sea Wrack_. The _alkaline_ salt obtained from these ashes is the common _carbonate of soda_.

[7]For an accurate Table of the different degrees of variation, see _Appendix_ (A).

[8]For any further particulars respecting the Settlements and progress of the _Moravians_, on the Coast of _Labrador_ and elsewhere, the Reader is referred to a “History of the Mission of the _United Brethren_ among the _Indians_ in _North America_,” in Three Parts, by _George Henry Laskiel_; translated from the _German_, by _Christian Ignatius La Trobe_, 1794. Also to “The Periodical Accounts of their Missions,” published by the _Brethren’s Society_, for the furtherance of the Gospel, at No. 10, _Nevil’s Court, Fetter Lane, Holborn, London_.

[9]See the _Vignette_ to p. 1.

[10]See the rough Sketch of a Canoe, made by the Author on the spot. _Plate_ I.

[11]Mr. _Hearne_, in his Journey to the Mouth of the _Coppermine River_, observes, that the _Esquimaux_, on the sea coast to the northward, used kettles made of _lapis ollaris_.

[12]It was probably _Sea-weed_; a kind of food eaten as a stew, or soup, by the natives of the Isle of _St. Kilda_, in the _Hebrides_.

[13]A List is contained in the _Appendix_, of the different articles of _Esquimaux_ manufacture which were presented, by the Author, to the University Library at _Cambridge_; accompanied, also, by a List of things of a similar nature brought to _Russia_ by Commodore _Billings_, from the N. W. coast of _America_.

[14]This gallant officer lost his arm in the attack on _Java_, by a cannon-ball. The seamen seeing him knocked backwards by the shock, and lying senseless, conjectured that he had been killed outright; but as they were bearing him off the field, the Captain recovered his senses, and feeling the hot beams of a vertical sun striking directly on his face and head (his hat having rolled off when he fell), he immediately exclaimed to one of his men, “_Damme, Sir! fetch me my hat._”

[15]Some of the arrows brought to _England_ by the Author were barbed _flint_, and exactly resemble the arrow-heads found in the _Tomb of the Athenians_ in the _Plain of Marathon_.

[16]See the Plate.

[17]See _Hearne’s_ “Journey to the _Northern Ocean_,” p. 154, _London_, 1795.

[18]This practice was common to almost all the antient world; especially to the _Celtic_ and _Gothic_ tribes, as manifested by the antiquities now found in their sepulchres. Possibly, therefore, the _Asiatic_ origin of the _Esquimaux_ may hence be deduced. The same custom also exists among the _Greenlanders_; who are, in fact, a branch of the _Esquimaux_. “They like,” says _Crantz_, “to make the grave in some remote high place, laying a little moss upon the bare ground (for the rock admits of no digging), and spread a skin upon it. . . . . Near the burying spot they deposit the _kajak_ and darts of the deceased, and the tools he daily used.”—See _Crantz’s Greenland_, _vol._ I. _p._ 237. _London_, 1767.

[19]_Moschetos_ are considered as among the winged agents of the _Evil Spirit_, by some of the _North-American_ tribes.

[20]See the Sketch of this remarkable _Cape_, taken on the tops.

[21]_Hearne’s_ Journey to the Northern Ocean, p. 224. _Lond._ 1795.

[22]See the Voyages of _Frobisher_, _Davies_, and others.

[23]This is the denomination of the bottom of _Hudson’s Bay_ to the southward of _Cape Henrietta Maria_.

[24]The Beluga.

[25]The account of the above transaction was derived from the most indubitable authority.

[26]Memoirs of Mrs. _Mary Robinson_.

[27]See the account of Expeditions through the North-West Continent of _America_ to the _Pacific Ocean_.

[28]The infant colony is called by his Lordship, _Osna Boia_ (two _Gaelic_ words signifying _Ossian’s Town_), from the resemblance between _that_ and the _Indian_ name of _Red River_—_Asnaboyne_.

[29]See _Appendix_ B.

[30]It is astonishing, that, before the return of the ships, the whole of the drift ice in the _Straits_ disappeared.

[31]I should have before mentioned, that the _Prince of Wales_ did not arrive at _York Flats_ until the day after our ship.

[32]As it may be amusing to some people, I have added a few thermometrical observations made at _Oxford House_, in the year 1811.—See _Appendix_ C.

[33]Instead of tracing the _Nelson River_ from its source to the sea, it will be expedient to annex a map of the river from _Lake Winnipeg_ to the _Gull Lake_, shewing also the portages, &c.; and this part of the river may be taken as a sample of the whole.

[34]The badge of his dignity among the _Indians_.

[35]The title by which he distinguished the officers of the ship from the gentlemen of the factory.

[36]A very expressive name given by the _Indians_ to spirituous liquors, signifying _Mad-Water_.

[37]Whilst this Journal was preparing for the press, the following article appeared in many of the Daily Prints.

“Intelligence has been received, by a late arrival from _Canada_, of the entire dispersion of the Colony founded by Lord _Selkirk_, in conjunction with the _Hudson’s-Bay Company_, on the River _Asnaboyne_, in the interior of the N. W. Continent of _America_. Disputes with the _Metiffs_ of the Country, a race of people between _Canadians_ and _Indians_, inflamed the natural jealousy which the latter have always felt, relative to the agricultural encroachments on their hunting-grounds in the interior, and, we understand, compelled his Lordship’s Governor to abandon the establishment which had been made.”—“About one hundred and forty settlers were conveyed by the _Canadian_ traders to Lake _Superior_, on their way to _Canada_; and the remainder are supposed to have gone to _Hudson’s Bay_, with a view of finding a passage to _Great Britain_.

“The Governor, Mr. _M^cDonald_, and a Sheriff, also appointed by Lord _Selkirk_ (Mr. _Spencer_), were brought down prisoners to _Montreal_; the one for having granted, the other for having executed, a warrant, under the authority of which, provisions, the property of _Canadian_ traders, were seized during the preceding winter, for the maintenance of the colonists; and these gentlemen were admitted to bail in the Courts of _Lower Canada_, to take their trials for this alleged offence.”

Whatever may be the decision of the Judges on this trial, the _Metiffs_ will have succeeded in their malevolent intention, that of destroying all prospect of the Colony ever arriving to a flourishing condition.

[38]See _Pinkerton’s Geography_.

[39]Here Mr. _Pinkerton_, although perfectly correct in every other respect, has fallen into the same error as other geographers; namely, in peopling _Hudson’s Bay_ with _Esquimaux_: whereas, the _Cree Indians_, who inhabit the Bay, are not savage, take no care of their eyes, and are clothed by the _European_ traders.

[40]Here he plainly alludes to the _Esquimaux_ of _Hudson’s Straits_; not to the _Cree Indians_ of the Bay.

[41]At present they employ but two ships, and consequently considerably fewer seamen.

[42]For the amusement of persons who are desirous of such information, I have annexed an abstract of the ship’s reckoning from _Cape Resolution_ to the _Orkneys_. See Appendix D.

[43]See _Walter Scott_’s Notes on _Marmion, a Tale of Flodden Field_.

[44]Fossil timber, in a mineralized state, is found in the _Orkneys_ and in the _Hebrides_. In the island of _Skie_ there was found part of a large tree mineralized by _Hornstone_; which is now in the possession of the Professor of Mineralogy at _Cambridge_.

[45]So called by the _Canadians_.

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Transcriber’s note:

--Silently corrected obvious typographical errors.

--Retained non-standard spellings and dialect.

--Re-ordered items in the Table of Illustrations, to match actual order in the text.