A JOURNAL.
PRINTED BY L. B. SEELEY,
WESTON GREEN, THAMES DITTON.
THE
SUBSTANCE OF A JOURNAL
DURING A RESIDENCE
AT THE RED RIVER COLONY,
British North America;
AND FREQUENT EXCURSIONS
AMONG THE NORTH-WEST AMERICAN INDIANS,
IN THE YEARS 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.
By
JOHN WEST, M. A.
LATE CHAPLAIN TO THE HON. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.
PRINTED FOR L. B. SEELEY AND SON,
FLEET STREET, LONDON.
MDCCCXXIV.
TO THE
REV. HENRY BUDD, M. A.
CHAPLAIN TO BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL, MINISTER OF BRIDEWELL PRECINCT,
AND RECTOR OF WHITE ROOTHING, ESSEX,
AS A TESTIMONY
OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS KINDNESS AND FRIENDSHIP,
AND OF HIGH ESTEEM FOR HIS UNWEARIED EXERTIONS IN EVERY
CAUSE OF BENEVOLENCE AND ENLIGHTENED ENDEAVOUR
TO PROMOTE THE BEST INTERESTS OF MAN,
THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR.
| Transcriber's Notes: |
| Variant spellings have been retained. |
| The Errata have been moved to the beginning of the text. |
| To improve readability, dashes between entries in the Table of Contents and in chapter subheadings have been converted to periods. |
ERRATA.
| Page 1, | line 7,forSalteaux,readSaulteaux. |
| 21, | line 6,for1820,read1817. |
| 36, | line 2 from bottom,forspiritous,readspirituous. |
| 57, | line 24,forforty,readsixty. |
| 70, | bottom of the page,forHeritics,readHeretics. |
| 131, | line 24,forLoom,readLoon. |
| 156, | line 3,fora,readno. |
| 180, | line 3,forintrepedity,readintrepidity. |
| 204, | line 19,forintention it,readintention of it. |
PREFACE.
We live in a day when the most distant parts of