JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE
jigs* Our e#nA^-wï^BQwb#c^aM foiCï%?5ri that it wa&:a raster ef abfolute
fpwpM neeeffity tp. con^ru^ Unothe&^and as from the appearance of the country
there was/reafon to, expeft that bark was to vbe: found, we landedat
eighty with the .hope q^socuringit, I accordAugly difp.atchejiJouK, j0en
wji^i that camna^loH, and at twelve they returned with a. fufficient
quantityto- make-ftbe bottom of a capoe o f five fathom, in lengthy and
■ feuifeet and an half in height. At noon I had an obforvatioo, which
gave. me 53. 17. 28. North, latitude.
We now continued pur voyage South-Eafl.by South one mile and art
'half, Eafi-Soitth-.Ealione mile» Eaft-Nontb-E£rfl half a mile, Soabh-Eaft
two; mies» Soath-Eaft by South. one mile, SoathJEaft i f e nailes, and
Eaft-North-Eaft. . Here the river narrows,; between fieep.rocks, and a
rapid fueceeded, which was fo.violent that we did not yentpre to run it.
^therefore ordered.,, the lading to t?e taken out of the canoe, -jgut Ihe was
now becorhe % heavy that the men preferred wnoing^tKft hapid'to/^ie
carrying her overland;, Though. I did together! apppc^e of fcfeeir
propofition, I was "unwiH is-g to oppofe it- Fhur ;of tbem uiader-
nook this hazardous , expedition, and, I haltened t.tQ the foot, o f the
sapid with, great anxiety, ia wait thé evffeit, which turned out as iB.-ea«
pefled». The water was do, fboag* -that although: ,,they-kept êfeamof
the rioeks» the oanoeifilfedl, and in this.ftaté ötey’ drove halLway?,down the.
rapid; but fprtumately lhedid, notoverfet; and having igot lbesi^it® an,
eddy, they emptied her, and in an .halfedpawned: condition:,arrived1fafe;
Oir Ihore. The carrying-place: is about half a; mile oyer, with an Indian
path, acsofs i t Mr. Maökay; and the hunters,, faw feme,deer on>an-
illand above the rapid;; and had that difcovery been, made before the
departure
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departure: of the canoe, there is. little doubt but we fhould have added a 1793-
confiderable quantity of venifon to our flock of provifions. Our veffei ' v
.was in fuch a wretched condition, as I have-already, obferved, that it
ocegdioned a delay of three’ hours to put her in a condition to proceed.
A t length wo continued-our former courfe, Eaft-North-Eaft a mile and
an -halfewben we| paffed an extenfive Indian encampment; Eaft-South-
Eafl one mile, where a fmall river,appeared on the left; South-Eaft by
•South one mile and three quarters, Eaft by South half a mile, Eaft by
North'one mile, and faw another houfe- on an i f landSouth half a mile,
Well three quarters of a mile, South-Weft half a mile, where the cliffs
*-©f white- and red clay appeared like the ruins o f ancient eaftles. . Our
,canpe now-veered .gradually to f Eaft-North-Eaft ;One mile and an half
when we landed in.a.ftorm of rain and thunder, where we perceived the
.remains o f Indian houfes. It was impoflible to determine the wind in
.any part of the day, as it .came a-head in all ©Ur direfltioiis.
As I was very fenfible o f the difficulty of procuring provifions in this Friday si.
country, I thought it prudent to guard againft any poffibility of diftrefs
,,pf that kind on our return; I -therefore ordered ninety pounds weight of
•pemmican. to’be bjuried in an bole, fufficiently deep to admit of a fire
.;QV.er it without doing any injury to our hidden treafuref, and which
•would, at the fame* time, fecure it .from the natives of the country, or
■ the wild, animals, o f the, woods.
jpitThe-rmorning was very olpudy,,and at four o'clock we renewed ohy
’^Qyage, ft'eering'South by Eaft qne mile and a quarter, Eafl-Squth-Eaft
•half a mile, South by Eaft one mile .and, an.half,.Eaft half a mile, S.outh-
I i JEaft