This day one of the new trading guns, which we had recently received from Fort Chipewyan, burst in the hands of a young Indian; fortunately, however, without doing him any material injury. This was the sixth accident of the kind which had occurred since our departure from Slave Lake. Surely this deficiency in the quality of the guns, which hazards the lives of so many poor Indians, requires the serious consideration of the principals of the trading Companies.
John Franklin
Fort Enterprize
June 2, 1821
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Franklinʼs historic overland journey to the shores of the polar sea