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Excerpt from Through the Mackenzie Basin: A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 The literature descriptive of Northern Canada, from the days of Hearne and Mackenzie to those of Tyrrell and Han bury, is by no means scanty. A copious bibliography might be compiled of the records of its exploration with a view to trade, science, or sport, particularly in recent years; whilst the accounts of the search for Sir John Franklin furnish no inconsiderable portion of such productions in the past. These books are more or less available in our Public Libraries, and, at any rate, do not enter into consideration here. Such records, however, furnished almost our sole knowledge of the Northern Territories until the year 1888, when the first earnest eort of the Canadian Parliament was made to inquire into the resources of the great Mackenzie Basin. Through the instrumentality of the late Sir John Schultz, then a Senator, a Select Committee of the Senate was appointed for that purpose. Sir John had always taken a great interest in the question, and was Chairman of the Com mittee which took evidence, oral and by letter, from a great many persons who possessed more or less knowledge of the regions in question. The evidence was voluminous, and the reader who lacks access to the Blue Book containing it will find the gist of the Report in the Appendix to this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are