This article is an excerpt from the journal of Lieutenant Robert Hood, a member of Sir John Franklin's first exploring expedition in 1819-1921. Throughout his travels from York Factory, to Cumberland House, to Fort Chipewyan, and eventually to the Arctic Ocean, Hood describes his perspective of the commonalities between the Woodland Cree throughout the three western provinces of Canada. In his writings he describes the physical appearance of the Cree, their clothing, child rearing practices, gender roles, seasonal activities, tools, and their traditional hunting, fishing and trapping procedures. Also mentioned in this article are the spiritual beliefs, rituals and ceremonies encompassed by the Woodland Cree peoples of the subarctic. Sadly, Hood describes the ethics, attitudes and religious beliefs of the Cree completely from a traditionally euro-centric viewpoint. Hood also details the westward migration and invasions of the Cree, and the superiority they demonstrated over other tribes due to their rifle possession. This article briefly mentions the neighbouring tribes such as the Chipewyans, the Stoneys, and Beaver Indians, and compares their cultures to that of the Cree. Although Hood's notes are interesting and informative from an ethnographic point of view, his lack of Native perspective and Christian bias impedes its relevance.