A Journey from Zeila to Lake Rudolf

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ID4644455
AuthorsJames J Harrison (corresponding author)
Year1901
Volume18
Issue3
Pages258
Publication date1901-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1775132
OpenAlexW2038785730
LanguageEN
Citations received6

water, fully 25 miles in length by 10 in width, filled with fish of all the kinds common to Northern Canada.To the east and south of this lake a low range of hills, the Eastlake mountains, rise to a height of about 1300 feet.A view from the top of this range showed a tree-covered country dotted with lakes in all directions as far as the eye could reach.Near Dawaso-necha lake we were fortunate enough to meet some Dogrib Indians, who agreed to guide us across the height-of-land to Great Slave lake.Crossing the low swampy ridge, we reached the waters of Summit lake, which empties by the Marian and Petitot rivers into Lake Marian, the northern expansion of the Fort Rae arm of Great Slave lake.We descended the Marian to its junction with the Petitot river, making numerous portages to avoid rapids and falls.We passed down the Petitot river to Lake Marian, whence our journey across the lake to Fort Rae, the most northerly point in this direction, was a comparatively easy one, but attended with some danger owing to the lateness of the season.All the country south of Great Bear lake, almost as far east as the Coppermine, is fairly well wooded.The Dogrib Indians who inhabit this region are a kindly, good-natured tribe, superior to their Hareskin neighbours to the north.The numerous lakes teem with fish, which with waterfowl formed the chief food-supply of my party after leaving Great Bear lake.Moose and bear are common, while caribou at certain seasons of the year are'still plentiful; but year by year these animals, which formerly inhabited the whole country east of the Mackenzie, have been pushed gradually northward, so that places which they visited as recently as six years ago, know them no more.Every year the Indians and Eskimo kill thousands of them for their tongues alone, and even for the " sport" of killing them, so that there is a probability in the near future of this beautiful and useful animal sharing the fate of the North American buffalo

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