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$9$*' as guides in’ (w mediated expedition» He éxpréfled? bis #iflaes
Jupa o . i r # ‘
excufe^ feoto tldslfowe^ aod iai'Otfeep eiTCttmftances we fhould not
halve infilled si» ètj biuÉ,fituated as ■ we. wete^we-.- could not yield io his
requeft.
A* feven in the morning We leftrth^ ^aoei which I named DteMft’s
River ©r 'Qrèdfc: OUr blind giwde "Wats*! however,fdiaveefc to continuing
with us, that I Was Under the very difagreeable neceifi-ty of ordering the
„men to carry hinhinto the canoè*. and this. wdStthu 'feft fuy
voyage» that had the femblunpe of. violent dealing: He continued to
fpeak in a very loud tone, while he remained,, according to his conjecture,
near enough to the camp to be heard» -b ut in : a language. fhat pur
interpreters did pot underftand. On afkinghijm ^ ^ h^^aidj and why;
^e did not fpeak in a language known to qsi;h e replied, that the woman
underftood him better in that which be f|M?ketî and he’ refuelled h e r ,ff
Ihe heard him, -tp; come For him to carry«g.-plac^ .where he ex-
pefled we fcould leaye him.
At length our canoe Was become f© leaky^-thatit was abSblutely unfit
for fervice; and it was the unremitting employment of one perfon to keep
her clear o f water: we, therefore, inquired, o f tb®old man wherewe could
conveniently obtain the articles neceflary to build a new ode ; and wè'un*
derftood from him that, at fame diftance up the river, we fliould find
plenty of bark and cedafr.
A t ten, being at the foot of »a rapid, we law a fmall canoë coming down
with two men in it. We thought it would be impoflible -for them to
elcape,
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efcape; and5therefore' ftruck'cfff from the Ihore with a defign to intercept
them.-direfti&g the old4'man at tfie fame time to-addrfefsthem; but they
noMooner perceived us, than thiy'lleered into the. flrength o f the'cur-
rent, where I thought that they mull inevitably per.ilh yfbut their attention
appeared to he engroJIed%bydthe:i fituation o f their canoe, and they
efcaped- without making*'us the leaft reply. -
ji About three in the^afternoon weIppreteiive'd.a lodge at the entrance of
afOpfhd&^abk river on t-hd right, as .well as. thesfrracks'of ipeopjein -the
mud at the -mouth of a fmall river on the left. As they ’appeared to be
Frefh,-.w$ landed; and endeavoafed’U'o trace them, but without Tubcefei
Wei-them cr'offed'QKQr to the 'lodge, which was defected,-but all the ufual
furniture of fjuch buildings remained-untouched.
h „Throughoutpt^e^whoje ,of this day the meri had been,in a ftate of
.exft^me ill-humqur? and as they^did.nptj ch$Q,fe,Qpenly .re1 vent it upon
pne» they difputed and1'' quarrelled aCmong themfelv.es. About fuudet
ithe^c%t|Gie^ftrugk Mpon the Hump .o f a tree, which broke a large hole
in her bottom ; a; circ-umftance that gavet them antpppartunrty ,t© let
^Qpfe. theiridifcontents. without referve. I left them.as ibop as we had
«landed, and afcended an elevated bank* in a ftate of mind which I
-fcarce wilh to. „recoil and- Lha.ll not atternplLUo-defcribeB At this
plate- there was a fubterrancbhs lhoufe, .y/here I determined to pafs
|jjhe. night., , The, water had rifen fince we had palled down, and it
«Fate with the utmoft ;tqxertion.thatywe came up feveral points in the
«ourfe of the^day.
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