||ff‘ WhorhT hâve àhéady mëtóönfed as Wâr ëx-
— ' pëdhióös in this edhtttry/fed warned tAé hôt, oihânyaccôünt, to follow
it, as it and-that
there was no great river that rân ih'âh'y diréôiôn near it ; feut by föllöw-
ing the latter, Mfc fetd/we fhould atri^e at ar carryihg-placfe tô'-'an-ôtherdàrgë
river, that did riot èxceed a day’s match, where the itthabitantsbuild
houles, ând fe e üpon iflânds. Thëi'e'wàS fb muchâpparënt truth in (h€
old man’s narrative, that I determined to be governed hy it“ fór I did hot
entertain; the: leafl; doiibt, i f I boiild 'jtfet into the other wt¥&?$ tfet-;I
fhould reach the ocean.
ï accordingly ordered -’ihy fteerfman "fe’’ proceed ‘at once1 tô’" tH'ê
Eaft branch, which appeared to be more rapid1 than the! Othef, though
it did not poflefs an equal breadth. Thèfb circumftances difpofed
my men ànd Indians, the fatter in particular heitig very tired of* the
Voyage, to exprefs their wilhes that I fhbuld take thé Wefefn'brahcb,
efpècially when they perceived the difficulty o f ftemmiftg the cüri
rent, in the dire£tion on which I had ttetermined. ■ Indeed thé rulh of
•water was fô powerful, that we were the greâtëft parEbf the aftemoon
in getting two or three miles—a very tardy ând mortifying progrèfs, and
which, with the voyage, was openly ëxëcratéd by1 many Bf thbfe who
were engaged in it: andthe inexpreflible toil thëfe péoplè hâdhndürèd;
as well as the- dangers they fed-Bnfenihéfédi, re^dh,éè,£föéié dêgtéë öf
cönfideration ; I tfercfbrë employed thofë arguments whihh weirë thé heli
calculated to calm tdieir immediate difcontentS, as well abfoëfifcBuëâgë
their future hopes, though, at the feme, time I delivered my fentimetfts in
fucli a manner as to convince them that I was determined tb proceed.
Oir
. On the tfo p f Jupewe embarked at fun-rife, and towards noon the
iiS$F^nt'^ega%4a . put tp hwi^in order to gum the
C^ajoe, p meridipnaltij:ude gave me fig,, 42» p6. North latitude. We
thep continued qur caqrie, and towards the evening the current began to
recover, its ^former ftren.gth. Mr. Mackay and the Indians had already
^ifetpharked, tp wabf and lighten the boat. At fun-let we encamped on
n gpint, being which fed been found on tbis fide the
jrafogp. fhaf was fit; 1% opr .gprppfo, fence &\#t people went op fliore. In
thevmorning we palled a large rppid river, that flowed in from the right.
In no part of the. North-Weft I much beaver-work, within
an equal diftance, as in the courfo of this day. In fome places they
had cut dp>fn ,,|eyqtalf acres of lnrge poplap; and we few alfo a
grepf',numhet[pf und; fagacioip animals. The time which
thefe wonderful creatures allot for their labours, whether in eretting
theh curipps habitations,, or providing. fop4 ,. if the whole of the interval
between the feting and the pifing fu®.
, Towards, the dqfky part of the evening we heard feveral difcharges
from the fowling piepes r,of purnpqple, which p e anfwered, to in-
form them of, our htpation; and fome ,time after it , was dark, they
arrived in an equal ftate jof fatigue and alarm: they were alfo obliged to
fwim pcrofs pchannel ip order to get to us, as we were fituated on an iiland,
though, were ignorant of the cbcpmftanqe,,tfil they came to inform
us. One of,the Indians was pofitive that he heard the difcharge of firearms
above our encampment; and on comparing the number of our
difcharges with theirs, there appeared to be fame foundation for his
B b 2 alarm,