JOURNAL OP A VOYAGE THROUGH THE
1793* - îï We nbw puftied. off the canoe from the bank, and proceeded Eafl -half
Juné. . v \ ; - ;
i---- -— > a mile, when a river flowed in-from the left, about half as large as that
which we were nayjgating; We continued the fame courfe/three quarters
of{ a milted two of oqr fowling pieces,sy-hich had been
forgotten, and ! fen-fc their qy^ers ^^ck fqr, tj^m*
thÿ errand ujm|tdsio£.an honf,;>W|^|^|iJocee{|pd
gaft half a mile, North-Eaft by North three quarters of a
current flackened : there* was h.yejd^pt { p p t , t h e left, where, from
ike remains; of - Came Indian timber-work^ it ^pneared, that the matiyes
kaye frequently encamped. Our next .courfe \ps Eaft onç mile, apd
we faw a ridge .of mountains covered with |how,to the^South-E^k^'. The
Ian/3 on our .jrigjbt wallow and marlhy for three orjfour..miles, whei^ it
rofe into* a range of heights that eidon^edufo the mountains. ^We proceeded
gaff-South-Eaft a mile and anJialf^Scpth-Eaft by Eaft one mile,
Eaft by South three quarters of a mile, South-Eaft by^J-cm^rpita fjpft
by South half a mile, North-Eaft by Eaft one mile, South-Eaft half à
mile, Eaft-North-Eaft a mile- and a* quarter, Soiith-South-Eaft half a
mile, North-North-Eaft a mile and an half : here a river; flbwedinTrom
the left, which .was.. about one-fourth part.asvlarge which received
its tributary* waters.- We thenl;continued ,by. .half
a mile, to the foot, .«ff the mountain ont the, §outh,;of the aho>vé riyef*
The ciwrfe now veered flioi% Sowth-Wcff by ^el^j-tbfp&t quartern
ç f at mile* Eaft by South a quarter ©f a. milej w South-ihalf a nlile,
Soath-Eaft by South half a mile, South-Weft a quarter ® f a . milé, Eaft
by South a- quarter of a mife;. Veered, toI^eftiiNQrth-Weft aiq«tarter: of a.*
mile, South-Weft omeeighfh of a mile, Eaft South-Eaft one quarter of a?
mile, Eaft one fixth of a mile, Soutlj;South-Weft one twelfth of a, mile,
Eaft
Eaft South-Eaft onecaghth .of a mile, Nbrih-Eaft by Eaft one third of a «ge*
kiite, Eaftby North one twelfth of a mile, North-Eaft by Eaft one-third J— ”v—~*
£>rf a mile,'Eaft'one Sixteenth of a* *mite;'Sautlh-Eaft one twelfth o f a
tóte/NdrthÈaft by Eaft one twelfth of a mite, Eaft one eighth óf a
^iè^M-Éaft-Sóuith^Ëaff half d^e£|H»e»;w«:la»ièd at feven o’clock
and ëöCampéd; Burihg fthé gmateft part o f the diftanee we came .today,
the'river runs clqte'under the'mountams bn the left, i
$ The morning was clear andcbld; 'On ray inteirprieter’s encouraging Tuefiky tt.
•Ih^gMdt‘fö difpël all appreh^iiö«, to his ‘fidélity to me, and
mot todefertiin the night, «« Howf^ifpoffibte for ,ate? ftereplied, *‘ fo
• * teave the lodge «ff the «Great SpiiM—WbeO he tells' me that he has»no
w* farther oceanen for me; I will then ■ retutft'tto- rfi^ohildreii: ■ As we
proceeded, hdWever, hefobfi 'tfMr -leafoni' -hfe‘ exalted
motions of>me.' 'l'È . , ’ , ' ' * / ' '* <.
At four we-continued our voyage, fteering Eaft by South a mile and
-an halfj %y a mils. * A river Appeared ©n the left,: at
•the foot o f a mountain which, from its conical form, my young
fcdian called the Beaver Lodge Mountain. Having f t ó è d é d Souih-
ISöuffe-Etfft half a mitej-another river appeared from the.right; We now
came in a hne Wife the beginning^ the mountains-we faw-yefte*
day:i others of-the fame kind ran parallel with thëmoïi .the lêft fidè
^ f - t h e w h i c h Was reduced ito the breadth« o f fifteen yards, and
With a moderëtë ^Current. *
We now ffeerèé'Éaft-Nbrth-Eaft¥»he eighthofia mile, SonthEaft by
E e 2 South