 ... looked thin — they were then supposed to be getting short of provisions ; and they purchased a small seal, or piece of seal, from the natives. The officer was described as being a tall, stout, middle-aged man. When their day's journey terminated,...  The Polar Regions - Page 193by Sir John Richardson - 1861 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1855 - 540 pages
...middle-aged man. When their day's journey terminated they pitched tents to rest in. At a later date the same season, but previous to the disruption of...long day's journey to the north-west of the mouth of a large stream, which can be no other than Back's Great Fish Kiver (named by the Esquimaux Oot-koohi-ca-lik),... | |
 | 1856 - 748 pages
...breaking up of the ice, the bodies of some thirty persons were discovered on the continent and five on an island near it, about a long day's journey to the north-west of a large stream, which Dr. Rae considers to be no other than Back's Great Fish River. Some of the bodies... | |
 | A. R. Phippen - 1854 - 472 pages
...bo getting short of provisions, and they purchased a small seal from the natives. " At a later date the same season, but previous to the disruption of the ice, the bodies of about thirty white persons were discovered on the continent, and five on an island near it,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1854 - 664 pages
...breaking up of the ice, the bodies of some thirty persons were discovered on the continent, and five on an island near it, about a long day's journey to the north-west of Back's Great Fish River. Some of the bodies were reported as having been buried ; some were in a tent... | |
 | 1854 - 402 pages
...be getting short of provisions, and they purchased a small seal from the natives. " At a later date the same season, but previous to the disruption of the ice, the bodies of about thirty white persons were discovered on the continent, and five on an island near it,... | |
 | Sir Edward Belcher - 1855 - 488 pages
...breaking up of the ice, the bodies of some thirty persons were discovered on the continent, and five on an island near it, about a long day's journey to the north-west of a large stream, which Dr. Rae considers to be no other than Back's Great Fish River. Some of the bodies... | |
 | John Ryerson - 1855 - 244 pages
...the breaking up of the ice, the bodies of some 30 persons were discovered on the continent, and five on an island near it, about a long day's journey to the NW of a large stream, which can be no other than Back's Great Fish River (named by the Esquimaux Ootko-hi-ca-lik),... | |
 | Richard King - 1855 - 278 pages
...the breaking up of the ice, the bodies of some 30 persons were discovered on the continent, and five on an island near it, about a long day's journey to the NW of a large stream, which can be no other than Great Fish Eiver (named by the Esquimaux Oot-kohi-ca-lik),... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1855 - 1078 pages
...breaking up of the ice, the bodies of some thirty persons were discovered on the continent, and five on an island near it, about a long day's journey to the NW of a large stream, which can be no other than Back's Great Fish River (named by the Esquimaux Oot-ko-hi-ca-lik),... | |
 | Thomas Bell (of Barnwell, Northamptonshire.) - 1856 - 124 pages
...the breaking up of the ice, the bodies of some 30 persons were discovered on the continent, and five on an island near it, about a long day's journey to the north-west of a large stream, which can be no other than Back's Great Fish River (named by the Esquimaux Oot-ko-hi-ca-lik),... | |
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