Having now brought the Narrative of the proceedings of the Eastern Detachment to a conclusion, the pleasing duty remains of expressing my gratitude to the party for their cheerful and obedient conduct. Not a murmur of discontent was heard throughout the voyage, but every individual engaged with alacrity in the laborious tasks he was called upon to perform. Where all behaved with the greatest zeal, it would be invidious to particularize any; and I am happy in having it in my power to add, that since our return to England, Gillet, Fuller and Tysoe, who were in His Majesty's service previous to their being employed on the Expedition, have been rewarded by promotion. Our good-natured and faithful Esquimaux friend Ooligbuck, carried with him to his native lands the warmest wishes and esteem of the whole party. His attachment to us was never doubtful, even when we were surrounded by a tribe of his own nation.
The general abilities and professional skill of my companion, Lieutenant Kendall, are duly appreciated in higher quarters, and can derive little lustre from any eulogium from me; but I cannot deny myself the gratification of recording my deep sense of the good fortune and happiness I experienced in being associated with a gentleman of such pleasing manners, and one upon whose friendly support and sound judgment I could with confidence rely, on occasions of difficulty and doubt inseparable from such a voyage.
_End of Dr. Richardson's Narrative of the Proceedings of the Eastern Detachment._
_TABLE of the distances travelled by both Branches of the Expedition, and of the extent of their Discoveries in 1827._
BY THE WESTERN PARTY. _Statute Miles._ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From Fort Franklin, by Fort Norman, to Point Separation (river course) 525 Point Separation to Pillage Point, at the Mouth of the Mackenzie 129 Pillage Point to Return reef (sea-voyage out) 374 Return Reef, back to Fort Franklin, including Peel River 1020 ---- Distance travelled by the Western Party in July, August, September, 1826. 2048
BY THE EASTERN PARTY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From Fort Franklin to Point Separation, along with the western party 525 Point Separation to Point Encounter (river course.) 159 Encounter to the Coppermine River (sea-voyage[14]) 863 The mouth of the Coppermine, over land to Fort Franklin 433 ---- Distance travelled by the Eastern Party in July and August, 1826 1980