The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America / and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American / Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.

A chaplain's travel journal recounts a multi-year residence at a northern river settlement and frequent excursions among Northwest Indigenous communities, combining detailed accounts of voyages through ice-choked seas, local climate and wildlife, and everyday colonial life with missionary activity. The author records establishing a school and plans for a chapel, baptisms and Scripture distribution, meetings with Inuit and several Plains and forest tribes, and observations of customs such as marriage, burial rites, hunting and pemmican preparation. The narrative also notes episodes of intertribal violence, encounters with other European expeditions and missions, and reflections on education and religious outreach among the inhabitants.