ten o’clock
They laid up a store of pleasant recollections for the future whilst the beat floated rapidly along upon the peaceful waves . The party started at six in the morning , and at nine they neared the point on the northern bank at which they were to land . The Indian encampment was situated at the north-west angle of the Great Bear Lake . Before ten o'clock old Norman ran the boat aground on a low bank at the foot of a cliff of moderate height . Mrs Barnett and the Lieutenant landed at once . Two or three Indians , with their chief , wearing gorgeous plumes , hastened to meet them , and addressed them in fairly intelligible English . These Hare Indians , like the Copper and Beaver Indians , all belong to the Chippeway race , and differ but little in customs and costumes from their fellow-tribes .