*789. We landed feortly after wherethere wereiwo more; lodges, which
v-— were full of fife, but without any inhabitants, who were probably with
the natives whom we had juft left. Mylndians,:in rummaging, thefe
places, found feveral articles which they propofed to take; I therefore
gave heads and awls, to be left as. the purebafe of them.; but this
o f juftice they were: not able to comprehend, as the people them*
(elves were not prefent. I took updaj net and. left a large knifedn: the
place of; i t It wjg about four fathoms long, and thirtyrtwo mefoes in
depth: thefe nets; are, much more convenient to fife: in. the eddy current
than our long ones. This is the: place that -the Indians call a: rapid
though we went up it all the way with pg| paddlet; +fo, that-.the .Gurijent
could not bc.fo ftrong here; as in many other parts of the,riverindeed
if it were fo, the difficulty of towing would be almoft krfu parable,,as in
many parts the: rocks, which are of a great height and; rather iprfgfH
over the water, leave no Chore between them, and the .firearm, TJhefe
precipices abound in fwallows’ nefts. The xyeatber^as„ no.V?r v,g’ry
fukry, and at eleven we were under the neceflity ©dr landing.ta-guim.<pur
canoe.
In -about an hour We fet forwai^,-and dt onejidir th e !-afteSrhWdii^
went on feore at a fire,-which we fuppofed to ha^e biitt'MridJeH^^y ftM
young men, who-, as we had been already informed; were feinting geefb;
Gur hunters found their eanoe and the fowl1 they hadrgdt, fecreteefin
the woods; and foon after; the people- therftfel ves, whom they brought to
the watepfide. Out of two hundred geefe we picked thirty-fix which
Were eatable; the reft were putrid and emitted an horrid ftenefi. They
had been killed fome time without having been gutted1, and jn this ftate
of
of idathfome rottehnefs, we have every reafon to fuppofe they are eaten
by the natives. AVe paid for thofe which we had taken, and departed*
At feven in the evening, the weather became cloudy and overcaft; at
eight we encamped; at nine, it began to thunder with great violence;
an heavy rain fucceeded, accompanied with an hurricane, that blew down
our tents; and threatened to chrry away the canoe, which had been
fattened to fome trees with a cod-line. The ftorm lafted two hours and
deluged us with wet.
< i bYefterday the weather was cloudy and the heat infupportableand *5*
now we .could not - put on clothes enough to keep us warm» We
embarked at a: quarter paft four with an aft wind, which drove us
on at a great: rate, though the current' is very ftrong. At ten we came to
the other rapid which we got up with the line on the Weft fide, where
we found it much ftronger than when we went down; the water had
alfo fallen at leaf): five feet ftnee that time, fo that feveral fhoals appeared
in the river which we had not feen before. One of my'hunters narrowly
efeaped being drowned in crofting a liver that falls in ftom the Weftward,
aind is the mod confiderable, except the mountain river, that
flows in fehisMdire&ion*- We had ftrong Northerly and cold wind
throughout the whole of the day, and took our ftation for- the night
at a quarter paft eight. We killed a goofe and caught fome young
ones.;
We renewed ©or voyage at four this: morning after a Very rainy night.' Tfaurfday-jo.
The weather was cloudy, but the eoM had moderated, and the wind was
N 2 North