tôïm. The night had been cold and a very heavy dew had fallen. At
nine 'we were obliged to land in order to gum the canoe, when the
weather became extremely warm. Numerous tracks o f rein deer appeared
on the fide o f the river. At half paft five ..we took our ftation
for the nighty and fet the nets. The current was very ftrongall day,
and we found it very difficult to walk along the beach, from the large
Rones which, were fcattered over it,
Wedarf. 5. We raifed our nets but had not the good fortune, to take a fingle filh.
The water was now become fo low that the eddy currents .would not admit
o f fitting them. The current_had not relaxed its ftrength ; and the difficulty
o f walking along the beach was continued, fThe.air was now
become lb cold, that our exercife, violent as it was, JTcarce kept us warm.
We palled lèverai points which we fbould not have accomplilhed, i f the
canoe had been loaded. We were very much fatigued, and at fix were
glad to conclude our toihbme march. The Indians killed two geefe.
The women who did not quit the canoe,, were continually emplpyed in
making Ihoes of moofe-flrin, for the men, as a pair did not laft morse, than
a day.
Thuriday6. The rain prevented us from proceeding till half pall fix, when we
had a ftrong aft wind, which, aided by the paddles, drove us on at a
great rate. We encamped at fix to wait for our Indians, whom we had
not feen finee the morning; and at half paft feven they arrived very
much dijOTatisfied with their day’s journey.* Two days had now elapfed
fince we had feen the leaft appearance of Indian habitations.
Friday 7. We embarked at half paft three, and foon after perceived two reindeer
d#r on the beach before us. We accordingly checked pur caurfe s but a^ L
bur Indians, in contending who fhould be the firft to get pear thffe api- ^
mfls, alarmed arid loft them» g We, however, killed a female jein-deer,
and from the wounds in her hinddegs, it was fuppofed that (he had been
pprfued by wolves, who had devoured her ypnpg one : her udder wa$
full of milk, and one of the yoppg Indians poured it among fome boiled
corn, .which he ate with great delight, efieeming it a very
food. At five in the afternoon: we few an animal running along the
beach, but could not determine, whether it was a grey fox or a dog.
Ip a Ihort time we went afoore for the night, at the entrance of a finaU
rfoer,* as I thought there might be fome natives in the vfefofey of the
place, I ordered my hunters to put their fuzee$ ip -order, and gaye
them^ammnnition to proceed on an hunting party tbepex^da-n they
were aHo inftrufted to difeover if there were any natives in the neighbouring
mountains. I found a fmaU canoe at the edge o f the woods,
which contained a paddle and,a bow: it had bee¥ repaired tfiis fpring,
andjbe workmanfeip o f the bark .excelled any that I had yet feqn.
few feveral encampments in the cpprfe o f the day. Thé current of the
and along the points-equal ,to rapids.
The rain was-very violent throughout the night, and .continued till Saturdays,
the afternoon o f this day, when the weather began to clear, with a
ftróng, icold, and Wefterly wind. At three th e ’Indians proceeded on
the hunting expedition, and at eight they returned without haying met
with the leaft diiccefs; though they few numerous tracks of the reindeer.
They , came to an old beaten road, which one of them followed
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