Indian implements : canoe.

• Main Author: Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824 (graveur)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1795
• Subjects: Indian; Gauche; Awl; La Table; esquimaux
• Online Access: http://calypso.bib.umontreal.ca/cdm/ref/collection/_gravu/id/223

Illustration représentant un canot amérindien sous différents angles et la technique pour le transporter. Plate II (en haut à gauche); To face Page 98 (en haut à droite); Neele sculp.t 352 Strand (en bas à droite); London Published Jan.y 1st., 1795, by Cadell & Davies, Strand (en bas au centre). Titre construit à partir de la table des illustrations. En regard de lapage 98 Voici comment le récit présente la scène illustrée : "All the tools used by Indian in building his canoe as well as in making his snow-shoes, and every other kind of wood-work, consist of a hatchet, a knife, a file, and an awl in the use of which they are so dextrous, that every thing they make is executed with a neatness not to be excelled by the most expert mechanic, assisted with every tool he could with. In the shape the Northern Indian canoe bears some resemblance to a weaver’s shuttle being flat-bottomed, with straight upright sides, and sharp at each end but the stern is by far the widest part, as there the baggage is generally laid, and occasionally a second person, who always lies down at full length in the bottom of the canoe. In this manner they carry one another across rivers and the narrow parts of lakes in those little vessels, which seldom exceed twelve or thirteen feet in length, and are from twenty inches to two feet broad in the widest part. The head, or fore part, is unnecessarily long, and narrow and is all covered over with birch-bark, which adds considerably to the weight, without contributing to the burthen of the vessel. In general, these Indians make use of the single paddle, though a few have double ones, like the Esquimaux : the latter, however, are seldom used, but by those who lie in wait to kill deer as they cross rivers and narrow lakes.” p. 97-98. Référence(s) : Voir pour une comparaison des illustrations du dernier voyage de Cook et du voyage de Hearne : Philippe Despoix, "The exchanged Portrait and the Lethal Picture : Visualisation Techniques and Native Knowledge in Samuel Hearne’s ...