Richmond Enquirer

A letter received in London from a gentleman attached to the American land expedition, dated in April last, and written from Fort Enterprise, Lake Winter, which is in the neighbourhood of the Coppermine River, and in the country occupied by the Copper Indians or Redknives, states that the party had passed the winter at that place, during which they enjoyed good health, though they had suffered some inconvenience from the cold, which was so intense even in the Interior of their huts, as to freeze rum a very little below proof. The thermometer suddenly fell to minus 57 degrees Fahrenheit. The party intended to prosecute their journey in June. They have found from the information of Indians, that the maps hitherto published are not to be depended upon but Hearne's information to be tolerably accurate. One of the guides was a boy at the time of Hearne's journey, and accompanied the party to the sea.