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35: 494: 599:. In the travel narrative describing his journey, he claimed that as the group advanced north into Inuit territories, it became evident that his companions were gradually plotting an act of "savage", "shocking", and "brutish" violence. The Dene people of the area claim, however, that Hearne himself was not present at the event, while Hearne's contemporaries further questioned his claims. The oral history of the Inuit-Dene conflict also does not reflect the Bloody Falls story. 483: 603: 684:
in 1978, however its designation as a historical site was not due to it being the site of the purported massacre, rather due to it being a "traditional fishing site, also containing small caribou hunting stations, that record the presence of Pre-Dorset, Thule, First Nation and Inuit cultures over the
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camp and killed approximately 20 men, women and children. Hearne was traumatized by the massacre, saying "I am confident that my features must have feelingly expressed how sincerely I was affected at the barbarous scene I then witnessed; even at this hour I cannot reflect on the transactions of that
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Hearne began to remonstrate with his guides but failed in his attempt. He wrote of the events, "I endeavored as much as possible to persuade them from putting their inhuman design into execution; but so far were my intreaties from having the wished-for effect, that it was concluded that I was
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The remaining members of the exploration party arrived at the Coppermine River on 14 July 1771. Three scouts were sent to locate any Inuit who might have been camping near the river, as Hearne commenced his survey. The scouts returned on 16 July 1771 and reported that five
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actuated by cowardice." On 1 June 1771, the few remaining women and children were left behind by the party, as well as the dogs and the heavy luggage, and a group of about 60 men advanced north towards the Coppermine River. On 2 July 1771, the party came across a group of
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had motives other than his planned survey of the Coppermine River. On the party's arrival at Peshew Lake, Matonabbee and a number of the men accompanying Hearne began to make arrangements for their wives and children to be left behind. When the party arrived at
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Several human skulls which bore the marks of violence, and many bones were strewed about the encampment, and as the spot exactly answers the description, given by Mr Hearne, of the place...
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had been found on the west side of the river. This news brought the survey work to a complete halt, and the men began to prepare for war.
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Towards the end of May 1771, Samuel Hearne began to notice that the Chipewyan Indians accompanying him on his
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camped by rapids approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Coppermine River.
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Samuel Hearnes' Journey from Prince of Wales Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean – Login Required
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A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772
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Brand, Michael J. (July 1992). "Samuel Hearne and the massacre at Bloody Falls".
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horrid day without shedding tears." He claims to have named the waterfall
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verified the discovery of the Bloody Falls massacre during his own
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A Journey to the Northern Ocean: The Adventures of Samuel Hearne
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The site of the massacre, which was the traditional home of the
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Inuit youth : growth and change in the Canadian Arctic
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Just after midnight on 17 July, the Dene set upon the
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ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature
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