tHé Lac W ftf Ife^héaidy É&ft- aftd Wéft ;£t a n tthende
abóïlt fifteen miles IS a narrow IflïsÖt «hat divides éhë *lafid into tw» unequal
p'attSf Trom whence to- dillaucesbf jtWfenfcydbur
miles. 'Thetè is adeep ^ay'rünhing^NöftfeTfefö^öö thé’ rights-thajiS
not included, and is remarkable for furnifhing the natives with akindooF
foft, red Hone, of which they make their pipes ; it alfo affords an excellent
fiffier^; both in the fümïfier and: Winter; and 'frorft. it is ah eafy, iafe,
and &o#t-rOhd'tö- &te' Lake dü:Bois/{Wldch.ï:&all mention prefetttly)
for the ïndi'ans to pafs in foefofinall dltóöë6,-.^*düj£ï -a- Êaaiafl? lMé^tüld
on a fmail ïi^erj whofë banks furnilh’ablttidanee o f wild ïi^el
charge o f this ■ lake'is tailed; Lake de la-Phrie RiVerj at Whdfe entranoé
there is a rapid, below- which-is a foiè b:ay;'wliéie ^thCrtliëd been aft' ’èx-
tenfiw piCkétteddbft ahd%üiidihg; when poSeffed by tfeËkiwlh'MtlièHtl
o f h iS at prefentft beautiful meadow/Tufröunded with 'grOvès of oaks.
b^fOiti W i t e tfc&e ®ia1tfong: fctrrrent Hif-tWó miles, WhCrt hïfe W&foMafe
over a hock twenty" f&t.foid, frorft ^eArtöfèquëhlAfobulëhcé of 'the
watrn1, the' A r t j fflg-place^wlhch is three hfihdréï and1 ïWëhtf pacës fongy
S H W the ^ame of'WtfcSè ré ; Two ‘ïriileiF Onward W f pëBi&t
trading eïlabfiïhméht, fitttatëel hh' ah high batik ön’ thhbfö?th-lidfe^if thé
tïkér^hi^é; ^i'Nbrfh,'iaïltu2fe}.^'-■ *J
Hdrg thé pehple fröni Montrtafirdme to fokt'fhëfë whó ^ive'^Oift
the Athabafca cdtinèiV,' «s ’has been 'alrtady 'defcribed, and': exchange
Idling withthern. This is alfo the refiüencë'oF thë’firft ‘éhiPf^OO SachOritf,
o f all thefAlgöhqam tribes, inhabiting k ffW isW m ty .
He isiy^'diftiiféion Called Neftam,' which impfiés pèrfonal p&-eiriihëftëè,
Hért alfo the ë l t ó ’raeëf Wtóifoclf tó? treat of peace öf-Waf; ;
This
This is *'ofte of the fineft rivers in the North-Weft, and runs acourfe
Weft-and Eaft one hundred and twenty computed miles ; but in taking its
courfe and diftance minutely I make it only eighty. .Its banks are covered
with a rilh-. foil; particularly to the North; which, in many parts, are
clothed with fine open groves of Oak, with the maple, the pint, and the
cedar. The Southern- bank is not fo elevated, and difplays the maple,
the white b'ircft, and the cedar, with the fpruee, the alder, and various
underwood. Its waters abound in* fifh, particularly the fturgeoh, which
the natives, both fpear and take with drag-tiets. But notwithftanding
the promife Of‘ this foil, Ahe Indians do not attend to its cultivation,
though they are not ignorant Ofthecommon procefs,and arefond of
the Indian cöfia, When they Cant get it from us.
Though the *foil at the fort is a ftiff clay; thefe & a gardeh,-Which,
unaffifted1 as ’ft W by manure, or any particular attention, is tolerably
produéèive.
^ W ,é«e^-pirc«eêd«d!èaéööoh;tfee Lake dn BdispinfowHrck this rivetdif-
charges itfel f ift latitude 49. North, and Was forrhetly Famous for the rich-
néfs d f its banks and Waters, whiëh;ab<ii,öded lwHR^whaté^èi' was neëëf-
föry to arfavage life. The French had -fövëtaf fctférrtênts itt and about
it; but it might be' almoft’ concluded, that fonie fatal eirctimftance had
deftroyed the game, as- war and the fmal! pox-had dirniei-ifhed the inhabif-
abfo,:dt having been- very1 unproductive in aftiteafe fined ihe Britiffi fufr-
jeêls- have been engaged; in- ti?avel‘hhg through it ; though it now ap*
pcaM- to be recovering its priftine -ffefte.. h,!Th« 'fèw Indians who inhabit
n I it