Weft-North-Weft half a mile; WeftvSouth-Weft one mile and an'half,
Weft by North three miles, North-Weft by Weft two miles and-an hhWy
South* Wefthy <Weft;half' aritialfj
and; South*Weft a mile’ and a* haHi‘f ;Here; I had a meridian ahkhdej
which gave 56. 17, 44. North latitude.
The laft courfe Continued -a mile and an half, South by Weft three?
quarters of a mileySoutb-Weft by South tbreeAniiest and>anhalf3 and
Weft-South-Weft two miles- and an half. ‘ Here the* Jandi: lowered ’ oh
both fidfes,- with an increafe .of wood, and difplayed great > numbers' o f
animals.V The,river alfb widened, From .three t6 and
Was full of Hiands and flats.! Having continued our. coWfe-ihree mlleS’
we made for the fhare at doyen,, to pafs the night.h ’
--At the plapefrom whence we-proceeded this morning^ n^CrTalls'in
fFom the North-; .there are alfcf'fevenri iflands?/ and many 'rivulets*bft
•either fide^ which are-tc^ iinall to deferve pariicuki^fsfcfieSv i We
perceived along the river traces of large bears, fomC'of whieft were'nine
inches Wideband; of a proportionatefilength. We- faw 'dfidf of ^tKefihd^nl,
or winter: quarters, called watee, in an ill and, whichrwas ten feet deep^
five feet high, and fix- feet wide; but we had not yet feen one qfffhbfearii-
malsr The Indians entertain great apprehenfion of - thfeSkmd'- of bgar,
which is called the grifly bear, and they never venture to attack it but in
a party-of at Ieaft three or four. Our hunters, though they, had been
much higher than this part of our voyagej by land, knew nothing of. the
river. -One of them mentioned, that-having been engaged in a war fext
peditis)!^- his party on their return made their »canoes at ten# dilteriM
below
below" us. The wind was North throughout the day, and at times blew ^£3*
l^tth' confident)!© violence. '— v——'
The apprehenfions which I had felt refpefling the young men were
riot alibgether groundlefe, for theseldeft of them told'.me.that his uncle-
had laft night addrefled him in the" following manner:-^* My nephew^
yoiir departure makes my heart painful., The white people may be laid
40 rob us^af‘you.,, ,,|Ehey aye about taeonduft yóu- into the midft o f our
enemies, and you may, néyeiympre return to us. Were you not with
the Chief*, ,1 hnaw not what I Ihould do, but he requires your attendance,
and you muft .follow him.’* t jj
Thé weather Was clear,- and the air fbarp, when we embarked at half fuefday 14.
paft Tour. Our courfe was South by Weft one mile and an half, South-'
Weft by South half a mile, South-Weft. We here found it neceffary to
unload, and gum the canoe, in which operation we-loft an hour; when*
we proceeded. on the laft courfe one mile and- an half. I now took a
meridian altitude, which gave 5-6* 11. North latitude, and continued to
proceedAVeft-South-Weft two miles and an half. Here the Bear River,’
which is of a large appearance, falfs in frpm the Eaft; Weft three miles
and an half, South.South-Weft one mile and an half, and South-Weft
four miles and an half, when we encamped upon an ifland about feven in‘
t-hè evening.
?, During the early part of the day, the current was not fo ftrong as we
• * Thsfe peojgle, «s well as^sdls tW natives on. this fide of Lake Winj®icV(gwe «the,mercantile agen£:
that diftinguilhed appellation.
Y had