book chapter
Journey from Fort Prince Wales, in Hudson's Bay to the northern ocean, for the discovery of copper mines and a north-west passage, performed between the years 1769 and 1772, by Mr. Samuel Hearne
E. Newberry • XVII • Published In 1797 • Pages: 241-312
By: Hearne, Samuel.
Abstract
This book is of interest chiefly because Hearne was the first European to come in contact with the Copper Inuit. The encounter was brief but bloody as the Indians who accompanied Hearne suprised and ruthlessly massacred a party of Inuits.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1996
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Unknown
- Analyst
- AW ; 1950-1956
- Field Date
- 1771
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1759-1772
- Coverage Place
- Northwest Territories, Canada
- Notes
- by Mr. Samuel Hearne
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCSH
- Copper Eskimos