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JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE
N^gajlerJ,. At^, | 11
1 or 'Ctim-Indfeira.' , ' óf Çarçer-Inÿï^jpj.
Fire, Cbun, Té tick.
Water, , Tpt^^r Shàwéliquoih.,
Stone, | l | g M * Uhehoîheah.
Bow» Nettuiiy, 1 Tfqümnânf^'-
Arrow, Igalb ‘ SquaiÏÏ.
Yes,"'" Amaig."
Plains, ; Thoughoud, Spilelaf ‘ iJ
Gome here, Ande^ei, ‘ Thlà-elyëh'^
The Atnah language has no affinity to any withyhich I am acquainted;
but the NagaileT differs very'little From that 'fpókënby the Beaver
Indians, and is ulmeft the famé as that b f the Ohepewyaas: '
We had a â^dër-ftorm ivith heavy'rdin ; and in the evening when it
had fubfided, the Indians amufed-tfs’^îth fiffging and dandwg, 'Wwhich
they were joined by the young vróréè&J- Four men now arrived whoM
we had not yet Ren ; they Hà& M iih e ir families , at Tosae- cBflâôêè
in the cormtry, and expreffed à âdûre that ‘We fhoujd HÏfit Thèm
there.
Sunday 23, After a reffileifs night, 1 called ühe 'Indians together/from whom I yèf-
terday récéived :®e intelligence w k îê ‘ has been afread^^ihéntib'fieB^ in
the hope that -I vnighi obtain fomè ad^tidrfâf îmèfrh>tion. i^Ffom ’tKëir
former account *theyclid not makëjhé^féaft deviation ; but thê^ infbfmëd
me further, ihgtVfhere they left? ‘this1 fiver, a fmall ,©he ’frémi $ie Weft-
ward falfeirrtb k, Which was navigable for their canoes dur&^hfour days,
and
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aftdfrhm thence they flept but two nights, to get:.to the people with j
whom they trade, and who* faavp, wooden canoeS much larger than ours, 1—
in Which they go down a fivejf t® the; fead i They continued to inform
me, that if- I Went fehhtviWay we maft leave our own canoe behind us;
but> they thought it probabl’yf thattthofe peopir would furniffi us with
another. From thence’they ftatddythe diftance to he only one day’s
Voyage With the current to the lake whofe water is mauleous, and where
they had beard that great’canoes came two- winters ago, and that the
people belonging to theas, brought? great quantities of goods and built
houfes.
At the commencement of! fchishcoiwedgtipri, I was veafy- much fur-
prifed by-the following quefticaa from one ofithe Indians: tf* What,” demanded
be,)” can be the reafon that you are fo particular and anxious
In youf inquiries, ofi us rafpeflirig a knowledge of this.country h do not
you white men know every thing in-; the Wor{d3^xnThis interrogatory
was fo w ry unexpefhed, that itoccafioned fome hdhtatfon before I could
anfwer it. At length, however, I replied, that we certainly Were acquainted
with the principal eircumftances: of every part of the world ;
that I knew where, the fea is, and where I rayfelf then was, hujt that I did
mot.exaftly.underftanidiwhat, ©bftaele^ hiigbt jfeermpf - meJt| getting to
it; with,which,,he and his delations, muft be well acquainted, as they
had fo frequently furmounted them. . Thus I fortunately preforved ’ the
impreffion in their minds, of
folves.J#|
, u, It was now, h^weyer, ftKol®tely nieeflary that \ ffiould come to a Seal
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