*793- might have occafioned the lofs of every thing we carriedwith us, and
'----v---- ’ of our lives allb; My people were diflatisfied with me at1 the rftoment;
but I thought myfelf right then; and, I think now, that the;circumftances
in which we were involved, juftified the meafure which I adopted.
CHAP.
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NORTH-WEST CONTINENT OF AMERICA.
C H A P T E R XI.
Renew oür voyage. Circumjlances of the__ iivefe. Land at the hoyfe (y d
chief S Entertained by him. Carried, down the riper with great rapidity
to anothert houfe. Received iwivi pindnefs. Occupations of .the' ifiha-
bitantsron its^ banks. Leavex thef canoe at a fait, Pafsfiner fand fir
another village. Sçj)}efiçcount of d^iDblaina.wew of- an arnt of* the
fea, ^ fofe QfiT dog. JPjocur'e another ' Àrrxve at trie arm of the
feu. Cmunflanges <f it. One f f efirmides yfiygnshame. r Cogfl along
q, pay. fo,me deferipfon of it. Meet withf^dians. Our cemmunjea-.'
tion with them. Their Jufpicious c&nauEl towards us. , Pafs onwards.
- Determine the latitude find longitude. Return to thé river. Dangerous
encounter with the Indians, Proceed on our Journey.
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a . , ■ , - Ju]y- ,
x x T one in the afternoon we renewed oi^ voyage in a large canoe
with lour of the natives. We found the nyer.ahnoft. one eon ti ntigd
rapid,, and in half, an hour we came to an houfe, \yfte,re,»hQwêiReîpjWp
did not land, though invited by the inhabitants. In
arrived at two hoafea, where we were, in fome deg^ee, .oWiged to go on
jBiore, as we were informed that tbe^wnfer them.> was a perfon of
conlideration. He indeed received and regaled .us. in the feme manner
X x I as