...In this fituation we had wherewithal to drink in plenty, but widj
folid food we were totally unprovided. "We bad,-npt feen even a partridge
throughput the d$y, and the tracks r.ofl;#^n'-48er.^at.
were of an oldxlate,’ We were, however, preparing tpvrn|ke ^ b<^qf
the branches of trees, where we foould have had no other banppy than,
that afforded us by the heavens, when we heard a foot, app fggfiröjter
another, which was thje.nOtice^ agreed upon, if Mr. Mackay pnd the -In-
dian ihould fee.thexano ctha t fortpnate circumfoance wa^^lfeffi^sfiWfd
by.,a retup^pf the figpaLfröm* the people,' I was* however. ,f(x fetiguM
from the heat and exe?oife o f the day* as well as-inggmmodqd fjrom
drinking fo much cold water, that Idid;giqgi-v|dfo,. 'to,
following morning; but the .Indian made, fuch. bitte^ ^Qmnlajnfs^pf,
the cold and hunger^ which he fuffered, that I cQmplied with his fplicir
jations to depart; and it was aknqft ■ dark when we reached the^gajpfe^
barefooted, and.drenched Ayith rain^ But thefp. incpnveniehtlif
me very little, when I faw ; m y fi^ p a c e . more-. furrounded with $${y:
people. They informed me, that the'c^pe had J|eeii t^rokph; and that
they had this day experienced much greater toil and hardfoips. than
on any former occafion. I thought it prudent to affeft^a belief ..of
every reprefentation that they made, and ..9&>
them with a conlblatory dram for,> however .diffiei4t^tefpa%ge.imghp ;
have been,; it was too foort to. have occupied , the. tvholgydfiy, if they
had not relaxed in their exertions. The rain;was
thunder and lightning.
It appeared from the various encampments which we had fepn, and
from feveral paddles we had found, that the natives frequent this part of
the
the'country”at the>littef’bnd oFbhëfammer and the^fall. The courfe ‘ 793-
M , b! . . , w m H H U M .Jane.
toïday.Was neatly Eaft’-oouth-Èalt'lwo hides 'and ah half, South'by Weft 1----»---1
Otietoile, South-South-Eaft mile' and, an half,'Eaft twï£ mxle^ and
SouthÆiftJlÿ- ?Söïïth ©n#-Érïîf©! •
... At halfi pasft .four this 'mêrriSrîg we- eôrftinùed otîr’ryôÿâgê,^öür-courfés ThwfdayS.
being SoufetóEaft by^'Shfittol®©: mile? Eaft bÿiSouth three? quarters of a
mile, Sbuth-Eaft by Eaft two ' miles'.. Thé whole of ^ffiif^aiftahce we
jitóceëdéd by jhaulfogithfe1 canoe frlbm bran&fr'fd btatfehi T h e ‘current
was fo ftrong, that it to ftem it wb?h-ïhe'paddlf^; the
depth .was'tto© grdatJto receive, any abidance from ^hSpolês, and the
bank of the river was fo’ cipfeîy lined with willows ahft 'other trfeés, that
it was impoffible Ifol eôïplpf the line. As'it&as paft tWélve before wé
could find a place that would allow of bur landing',' I Could nöt-get a
meridian altitude. We occupied the reft of the. dhÿ in repairing the
càhoe, drying our cloaths, and making paddles' and poles toz replace
thofe which had been broken or loft»
- The morning Was blear and calm ; and fincé we.hâd'béen at -this Flldaÿy:" -
‘ftàtion: the ifoafer had : rifen two ihchesT fó’ iha&hhfe'-eift-feht ‘■ became
ftilU ftron^er i and itsr Hfel^ty hadïblilèady';§eétó'fö gVeat ' as to-juf-
tify oumdefpam in 'gettihg up it/ if we had ttöf beê& fo tóng afccufi-
tdmed to furtnbunt it. I laftrniights obierVfdealt b& éÊ o tri f ! Jupiterls
firft: fat^ te , :but inadvertently *went>ï®ibed| %iSiéut >ëbmmitting .the
ejxaH time to writing: if my memory îs\eorréft,.Jfc was? 8. i8.‘ iö F j'
ÉjSÊÊÏê tifoé^îècé. Thé canoe/ wniçK fiàd ‘ been little, better . than?
a wreck, being now repaired, wé -pcoceeded ' Eaft.- two miles and a
C c 2 quarter,