CHAPTER VI.
Mr.Hood's journey to the Basquiau Hill--Sojourns with an Indian Party--His Journey to Chipewyan.
1820.

March.
Being desirous of obtaining a drawing of a moose-deer, and also of making some observation on the height of the Aurora, I set out on the 23d, to pass a few days at the Basquiau Hill.

Two men accompanied me, with dogs and sledges, who were going to the hill for meat.

We found the Saskatchawan open and were obliged to follow it several miles to the eastward.

We did not, then, cross it without wading in water, which had overflowed the ice; and our snow-shoes were encumbered with a heavy weight for the remainder of the day.