Title

The Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition - Portaging a Canoe and Baggage, 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Assiniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition - Portaging a Canoe and Baggage, 1858. Engraving from a photograph taken during '...the expedition sent out last spring by the Canadian Government to explore and report on the valleys of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Rivers, in Rupert's Land. This represents the mode of portaging north canoes across a point of land in the neighbourhood of rapids or falls which oppose obstacles to continuous navigation. The figure in the centre is "Charlot," the Iroquois guide. In the rear the half-breed "Wigwam" is in the act of adjusting the fire under the kettles for the noonday meal. In front of him are two of the voyageurs, with packs of baggage, carrying their load by means of a strap passed round the forehead. The figure on the left is one of the bowsmen, Charlot's son, portaging the paddles belonging to the canoe. The scene is the Red River, and it represents the last labours of the Iroquois, as far as Mr. Hind's party is concerned'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A82_147

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27,0Mb (2,8Mb) / 13,0in x 8,1in / 3899 x 2418 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation Europe river carrying people male job man men arts country local exploration art guy occupation continent British Canada Canadian equipment geography European color native Native American tent tents paddle location canoe century Britain profession oar oars exploring newspapers press guide paddles kayak baggage print explorer explorers porter porters expedition concept riverbank controversy B&W American Indian portaging europeans red river controversial engraved engraving Colour 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century Iroquois The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN indigenous newspaper indigenous people Unknown Hind First Nation 19th-century First Nations Henry Youle Hind Henry Youle