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'Interior of a Cree Indian tent, March 25th 1820' mb-width 2919 'Pity the Poor GarottersA side party led by Lieutenant Robert Hood (1797 1821) spent time observing the customs of the local Cree Indians. John Franklin's expedition of 1819 22 travelled via the Coppermine River to map the Canadian Arctic coast, as part of efforts to find the fabled North West Passage. Illustration from Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, by John Franklin (London, 1823). Original: aquatint. 1823