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84 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
a number of them, w i t h the addition of belts and beautiful
islands of timber, the soil being a loamy clay, unmistakably
f e r t i l e . Nothing could excel the beauty of this region, not
even the fairest portions of M a n i t o b a or Saskatchewan.
O n the 18th we finished our drive over a l i k e beautiful
p r a i r i e , s l i g h t l y r o l l i n g , dotted w i t h s i m i l a r clumps of timber
l i k e a great park, and carpeted w i t h ripe strawberries
and flowers, i n c l u d i n g the w i l d mignonette, the l u p i n , and
the phlox.
Descending a very long and crooked ravine, we reached
the r i v e r flat at last, upon which is situated F o r t Dunvegan,
c a l l e d after the stronghold of the McLeods of Skye, but alas!
w i t h no M c C r i m m o n to welcome us w i t h his echoing pipes!
Chief- factor M c D o n a l d , i n his scanty j o u r n a l of S i r George
Simpson's canoe voyage i n 1828 f r om Hudson's B a y to the
P a c i f i c , does not give the date at which this post was established,
but mentions its abandonment i n 1823, owing to the
murder of a M r . Hughes and four men at F o r t St. J o h n by
the Beaver Indians. It had been re- established by Chief-trader
Campbell. Simpson, M r . M c D o n a l d , and M r.
M c G i l l i v r a y , who had embarked at F o r t Chipewyan, where
S i r George himself had served his clerkship, spent a
day at Dunvegan i n August, resting and getting fresh supplies.
The w a r r i n g traders had united i n 1821, and this
voyage was undertaken i n order to harmonize the Indians,
who, f r om the bay to the coast, p a r t i c u l a r l y across the mountains,
had become fierce partisans of one or other of the great
companies.
S i r George had his M c C r i m m o n w i t h h i m i n the shape of
his piper, C o l i n Fraser, who played and paraded before the
Indians most impressively i n f u l l H i g h l a n d costume. Deer
and buffalo were numerous i n the region, and, d u r i n g the
day, thirteen sacks of pemmican were made for the party
f r om materials stored at the fort. Simpson was famous in
those days for his swift journeys w i t h his celebrated Iroquois
canoemen. They were made by Canot du Maitre, as i t was
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| OCR | 84 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN a number of them, w i t h the addition of belts and beautiful islands of timber, the soil being a loamy clay, unmistakably f e r t i l e . Nothing could excel the beauty of this region, not even the fairest portions of M a n i t o b a or Saskatchewan. O n the 18th we finished our drive over a l i k e beautiful p r a i r i e , s l i g h t l y r o l l i n g , dotted w i t h s i m i l a r clumps of timber l i k e a great park, and carpeted w i t h ripe strawberries and flowers, i n c l u d i n g the w i l d mignonette, the l u p i n , and the phlox. Descending a very long and crooked ravine, we reached the r i v e r flat at last, upon which is situated F o r t Dunvegan, c a l l e d after the stronghold of the McLeods of Skye, but alas! w i t h no M c C r i m m o n to welcome us w i t h his echoing pipes! Chief- factor M c D o n a l d , i n his scanty j o u r n a l of S i r George Simpson's canoe voyage i n 1828 f r om Hudson's B a y to the P a c i f i c , does not give the date at which this post was established, but mentions its abandonment i n 1823, owing to the murder of a M r . Hughes and four men at F o r t St. J o h n by the Beaver Indians. It had been re- established by Chief-trader Campbell. Simpson, M r . M c D o n a l d , and M r. M c G i l l i v r a y , who had embarked at F o r t Chipewyan, where S i r George himself had served his clerkship, spent a day at Dunvegan i n August, resting and getting fresh supplies. The w a r r i n g traders had united i n 1821, and this voyage was undertaken i n order to harmonize the Indians, who, f r om the bay to the coast, p a r t i c u l a r l y across the mountains, had become fierce partisans of one or other of the great companies. S i r George had his M c C r i m m o n w i t h h i m i n the shape of his piper, C o l i n Fraser, who played and paraded before the Indians most impressively i n f u l l H i g h l a n d costume. Deer and buffalo were numerous i n the region, and, d u r i n g the day, thirteen sacks of pemmican were made for the party f r om materials stored at the fort. Simpson was famous in those days for his swift journeys w i t h his celebrated Iroquois canoemen. They were made by Canot du Maitre, as i t was |
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