The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company Including that of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur Companies

CHAPTER XII.

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DISCOVERY OF THE COPPERMINE.

Samuel Hearne--"The Mungo Park of Canada"--Perouse complains--The North-West Passage--Indian guides--Two failures--Third journey successful--Smokes the calumet--Discovers Arctic Ocean--Cruelty to the Eskimos--Error in latitude--Remarkable Indian woman--Capture of Prince of Wales Fort--Criticism by Umfreville 100