2p8 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE
*193- Previous to our departure* the natives had caught a couple o f trout,
- • of about fix pounds weight, wbichthey brought roe, and I paid them
with beads. They likewife gave roe a:ne£, made of nettles, the (kin of
a moofe-deer, dreffed, and a white hdra in the. Ihape of afpoon, which
referoblwthe horn of the buffalo of the Copper-Mine River; butrtkeit
defcriptxdn of the animal to which, it belongs , does mot anfwer to that
My young men alfo e goti two quivers of excellent arrows, a collar, o f
white bear's claws^of ia greatdength, horn bracelets,, and ;;pt^ser article^
for which they received an ample remuneration.
CHAP.
^ C H A P T E R VI.
fcdhtiniie thl'vôyage'. State ofthênvèr. ' Suctffidhojcoüifes. ' Sentiment
^ of the gilide. 'Côiiièaî' mountain. ' Co'rtUHuatibnAoféêÛrfes. Lèàvè the
il'tnhin b'rartdi1. Enter tiriôthert * È ’efctïptidrtofîtr Said header. Enter a
h5 f a k e ’Arrive" at the^kppèr Ufâjïgzlk, ®or • Peace RiîfèrJ
'ÏLâtid, anâ crôfs'Yô ti'fbcÿndft'àfcë^ Ldcàl^Srdàtffiaiièes} Piùëéédtod
*iti‘kird lake. ' Enter a river. Encoünèèr varioxii1 difficulties. " In danger
®fof bdnglojl. The tirtumjlàncës %fthat ftiâttÜtè ’âefcïibèdi? | Alarm and
diffatisfaüwn amàng' the 'people1. * They are at lengffî èotifojhP. {‘ Thêcànoe
~r repaired. Roads cut through 'woods1. Pafs mbraffik ' The guide defeYtsl
■ ‘After afu'ctejpbn of difficulties, dangers,'and toiforhe marches,'■’de arrivé
3 at the greed rivet.
- J1^7r?i!3e*,
A t ten we were ready to embark. I then took leave d f the Indians* Monday xoi
b u fen co u ra g ed them to expert us in two#moon's-, ;and expreffed; an h op e
that I (hould find them oh die road with any o f their relation^ whom
th e y might meet. I alfo returned the beaver (kins to themasmwho had
pilfintfed them t o -me, d^firihghim 10'take eare.:of them till ! came back/
When J would purchafe them of him. Our guide expreffed mueh lefs
cfcteern akiut the undertaking in which he had engaged, than his-com-S
panions, who . appeared to be affe&ed with .great- folkitude for his
iafety.
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