1789. place in their,/mail canoe. This-river is about.-two hundred and fifty
T-ry-—-1.’ yards.broad.at this place,; the water clear and of a greenjfti, colour,.
When I landed on the' oppofite flipre,,! difcpyered that the nativeshad
been there yery lately from the print ^of theirfeet.in:tbp J§nd. t W?; '?on"
tinuecL walking tillfive in, the afternoon,^ when we, few,, feyeralt fmokes
along the {hore.^IvAs .we naturally concluded,. t^at :thefe:were rcertain
indications whe^eyre&cnil^JneCitj^ie natives who were |b£rqbjeQ;s. o f^ f j
fearclp we quickened qur pace; -but, incur prpgre^^^perienced n
falphufqas.fmpll, and at.dengfebjdifcpyered tfiat |^^qIq-bapk,f^astTq^
fire-for-a:?ve®y cqnfiderable »difiance. , It. p^oyfd; (t.o b|?Ta|ji:bals^rae^tA
which .the',fir,e had communicatedfropa an,,.old Indian encampment.
The bpaehwas,covered with coals, .and; the Engliih chief .gathered rf®i»e
o f the iofiefi fie; could find, as a bfeck, dye; it.b^ing).the; rinner^l^i^fje
informed me, with which the natives render .their quills black, .,,,
. Here: we waited; for the large canoe, - which n|riw^; a^ J^pir^a,fter
At half pall ten we faw, feveral Indian marks, which confifiedtxifi pfece^qf
bark fixed, on poles, and pointing to the woods; oppofite tq whicJ^isj^i^|d
beaten road, that bore the marks of being lately frequented; the beacj^alfq
was covered with tracks. At a fmall diftance were- the ..poles of fiyedodges
ftanfiing», where we landed. #nd unloaded.
oneof.jj^^nen,and two young Indians to feefifithpy cpplfifind ^py;qafiYe&
within, a, day s, march, p f -us. I wanted the Engfilh chief tp.< go,, bqt./h©.
pleaded ^igue^pd^hat it wopfe Jae-of np pfe, 4TJjji|
heJi^d}rtfufedjt9gpoprply with,my dpfereL^nd jcaloufy^ I hclfeyp^ was, th.e
caufe of? it .the prefentindancev thGWghd h^6d^ten every, jirj^a&tion
that he foould. nqtJiaye caufe tor be Jpalpij^ of ,|jne CatyadfejnSi There
was
was not,? at,*this time, the leaft- appearance of fnow on the,oppofite
»mountains, rthoughf,!.tl\eyg wpre .almofi cp^ered witfi it when we. paffed <- -*
before,% Set» th§o, nets’, and at eleyen o’clpck at night the ,picn and Ini
diansi returned. . They had been-f, £9 ,»their firft. encampment, where
there were four, fires, and.; which had heen quitted a (hort time before;
fo that, thèy were obliged do-fmake the, circuit of .feveral fmall
lakes, which the natives.crofs with their canoes. This encampment was
ön» the borderssof a lake which, was too large for them to venture round
it, fo that they did not proceed any further. They faw feveral beavers ,
and beaver lodges in jthofe fmall lakes. | They- killed one of thefe animals
whole fur began to get lofig,;a furq indication that the fall of the year
approaches.. They alfo faw many old tracks, of'the, moofe and rein-deer.
This is thé time when thé rein-deer Ieayej.thei plains to come to the
woods, a& the mufquitoés tbégiri to difappear; I, therefore, apprehended
that we fhould.not find a fingle Indian on the’rivenfide,as they would,
be in or ahoutthe mountains fettihg fnares to take*them.
We ’proceeded with-»a-ftrong. Wefierly wind, at four.this morning, Mondays,
the weather being cloudy and cold. , At- t^elyp jit (.clewed up, apd
Apcame* fine *. the current alfo;. jncreafed. The water had fallen fo
arnieh 'figapö’iQÜr paffage down the. riv,er,,;ïhat here,'as in otheptplaces,
we difeovered, many-, Ihoals ,which; were not'., then vifible. ,,We hilled
feveral geefe of a larger fize than .tbofe ■ yyhieh we had generally fee®.
Several Indiarf esncampments were fee® alpng the riyer,*.and we landed
at eightfor the night. ■
-'At four m the morning we renewed our courfe, when it was fine and Tuefiky .4,
O : ' calm. , <