To the Arctic by Canoe 1819-1821: The Journal and Paintings of Robert Hood, Midshipman with FranklinWhen supplies ran out, the return trek across the Barrens became one of the most tragic incidents in the history of Arctic exploration. Robert Hood was one of those who perished on this trip. Weakened by starvation, he was shot through the head by a member of the party turned cannibal. A highly sensitive and educated man with a painter's eye for detail, Hood was an astute observer of the political and social ways of the North. The journal reveals his awareness, unusual in his time, of the adverse effects on Native peoples and their environment of the coming of the Europeans. Hood's paintings capture the beauty as well as the harshness of the North. His bird paintings in particular are of special artistic and historical interest. |
Contents
NARRATIVE OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF AN EXPEDITION ON DISCOVERY IN NORTH AMERICA | 1 |
I Gravesend to York Factory | 4 |
2 York Factory to Cumberland House | 20 |
3 Cumberland House and Pasquia Hills | 42 |
4 Account of the Cree Indians | 70 |
5 The Buffalo Climate Aurora Borealis Magnetic Phenomena | 90 |
6 Cumberland House to Fort Chipewyan | 104 |
7 Fort Chipewyan to Fort Enterprize | 122 |
8 Fort Enterprize to Point Lake | 144 |
The Death of Hood | 156 |
Commentary | 166 |
The Men of the Expedition | 189 |
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animal Arctic arrived Athabasca Athapescow August Aurora banks Beaver Belanger Birch bird boat buffalo Canada Canadians canoes carried channel Chipewyan Churchill Copper Indians Coppermine River Cree name crossed Cumberland House distance duck eight embarked encamped Enterprize Eskimos Esquimaux Faries feet fish Fort Chipewyan Fort Providence Franklin expedition fur trade gave its Cree George Back Gros Pied Hayes River Hearne Hepburn hills Hood gave Hood's journal Hudson's Bay Company hunters Ile-à-la-Crosse John journey Lacombe land latitude longitude Mackenzie magnetic Marten Lake meat miles in length mosquitoes mouth North West Company northern northward observations October painting party pine poles portage Providence rapid reached reindeer Richardson gave Robert Hood rocks rocky Samuel Hearne Saskashawan Saskatchewan September ships shore side Slave Lake Slave River snow species specimen temperature tent tion trees voyageurs Wentzel wind winter wood York Factory