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MAP
of the
GREAT NELSON RIVER,
from the
Great Lake Winnepeg to the Gull Lake.
Shewing the different
Portages, Falls, and Rapids;
BY MR. WILLIAM HILLIER
Master in the Royal Navy
N.B. The figures denote the number of feet in each fall of the River.
High-Resolution Map
NARRATIVE
OF A
VOYAGE
TO
HUDSON’S BAY
IN
HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP ROSAMOND
CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF
THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF AMERICA
AND
OF THE TRIBES
INHABITING
THAT REMOTE REGION.
BY
LIEUT. EDWARD CHAPPELL, R. N.
Ὑμεῖς δ’, ὦ Μοῦσαι, σχολιὰς ἐνέποιτε χελεύθους.
DIONYSII PERIEGESIS. v. 63. Ozon. 1697.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. MAWMAN, LUDGATE STREET:
By H. Watts, Crown Court, Temple Bar.
1817.
Originally printed in 1817
for J. Mawman,
Ludgate Street, London, England
TO THE
LORD VISCOUNT PALMERSTONE
BARON TEMPLE
SECRETARY OF WAR
MEMBER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
&c. &c. &c.
THE FOLLOWING
NARRATIVE
WITH HIS LORDSHIP’S PERMISSION
IS DEDICATED
AS A MEMORIAL OF GRATITUDE
AND A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT
BY HIS LORDSHIP’S
OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT
EDWARD CHAPPELL.
ADVERTISEMENT.
Towards the close of the year 1814, ayoung naval officer, Lieutenant Chappell,of his Majesty’s ship Rosamond, who hadrecently returned, for the second time,from an expedition to the North-easterncoast of America, brought to Cambridgea collection of the dresses, weapons,&c. of the Indians inhabiting Hudson’sBay[1]; requesting that I would presentthese curiosities to the Public Libraryof the University. This Collection somuch resembled another which theRussian Commodore Billings brought toPetersburg from the North-western shoresof the same continent, and part of whichivProfessor Pallas had given to me in theCrimea...