Akaitcho (ca. 1786-1838)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Helm, June, Gillespie, Beryl C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Acculturation; Akaitcho; ca. 1786-1838; Biographies; Chipewyan Indians; Dogrib Indians; Expeditions; Explorers; Franklin; Sir John; 1786-1847; Fur trade; History; North West Company; Survival; Starvation; Coppermine River; N.W.T./Nunavut; Great Bear Lake region; N.W.T; Great Slave Lake region; Arctic; Nunavut; Yellowknife; Indian; Great Slave Lake; Great Bear Lake; Fort Providence; East Arm; Fort Resolution; Fort Enterprise; Chipewyan; Dogrib; North Arm
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65318

The Yellowknife Indian leader Akaitcho stepped upon the stage of Canadian history in the afternoon of 30 July 1820 when he met Captain John Franklin and affirmed his willingness to guide and provision Franklin's expedition of exploration "to the shores of the polar sea". . Known in Fr...