:it jp»gb.tgJij?e jyegy they :wer.g*n«t Co! immoderately :fon(I
;of fpiptupH s -liquors. h % |
Thislakeris alfo rendered ijeEftarkabfe, in coafbqy£b£e of tbeAmfliciWi5
-having named it as* the fipot;'from, which a-I-ifie of boundary^between
tb^mjand Britifh Amferiieajw^s, ^ r a n Wieffe
;which, hpyeye?:)l can neyer happen,; -»as - ■ gfo§ri Norths W^lf part{,p£ the
Lake dft.^ois is jn.-latitude49- ^ N p r th ^ f ljl 'l<¥ftgitadc.9408^Ws&»
and,the Northernmoft branGh -of the foBjrce »of the Miffiffippi,'is|if3, latitude
47. 38. North, and .longitude ,95. 6. Weft, afeertainpd(L y Mr*
■ Thomfbii, aftrongme^-to therNgrthnWeft
prefsly for that purpofe in tL^fpring^pf, ; ^Le,,^a.^e^nefy ^ -der
termined the Northern Lend of the Miffifoury to be in latitude 47. ^2.
North, and longitude,.ipi.,25. Weft ; .and, accqrding^to the Indian accounts,
it runs to. the fputb of Weft, fo that if-sthe Miflifoury were.eyen.
to be confidered as the Mifliflippi, no Weftern line could ftrike it. ..
It does • not appear, to me to be. clearly determined what „courfe the
.Line is to take, or. from’ what part of Lake S y pe,r ipr it. f t rikes through
the country to the jLake duBois : were it to follow the principal, waters
to their, fource,, it ought to keep, through Lake Superipr. tO; the.-Riv.gr
St. Louis, and follow that river to its foprce.; clofe. ;to-which i& theYoprce
of the waters falling into the river of Lake la. Pbiie, which is a eornmon
rout© o f the.Indians to the Lake du Bois;<jrjhe;^ St.tLo^iS;p/3fles:whW9
a ftiort diftance of a branch of the Mifliflippi» where it.becomesna-
vigable for canoes. This will appear more evident. from;,confuh?ng
the
the map and5 if the* navigation of the”'Mifliftippi is confidered as of
any confequence, by thisy country, from that part:of the globe, fuch is
the.ne^pft ,way<:t0 get .ab ifc4J;^
But V5 r-etMn to oprr narratme^ 4 Thn^Lahe, du Bois is, as lhr. as I
could learnAnearly.jroundjjrapd nthe^p^pçe^Gpurfe,. through the centre
of it.amqng, a çlufter., pf iflands,. fpme ;pfi' which are fo extçnfive that:
they may.,hp taken for^the-mayy \an,dk A T,b&tr^4u.ced courfe would be
nearly South and North. . But following.the payigating eourfe, I make
the" diftancp^feyenty-five, miles, .thpugh in .fine it would fall
yery^fhort of that gleçgth. 1 .At labput, two-thirds :of,it. there'is a {mail,
çpfrjcy ing-pjîyçe», when thp water is- low.. The earryjng-plàjee ■> out. of the:
lakq is.on an illand, and named.Portage du Ratj. in latitude ^.gy.jNorth
and longitude. ©^. Weftÿit iç.about fifty paee$ long,;. The lake diicharges
.it^lLat both; en^s, p|| tbis ifl|in^ §pd ;fqrmSithe RiyenA^lni^ G> which
is a Jarge bpdy of; w^t^ inteEipepfed with numéro,us iflands, caufing
• yaripus./channefs, and, interruptionsbof portages-and rapids. In fomé.
parts" it has the appearance of lakes, fteadyj currents ; I eftimate
its . 4winding; ^.courfe ta the Dalles eight miles; to the, Grand Décharge
twenty,-fiyp miles and an half^ ,whîc.h is a long carrying-place for
the gp^is; from^thenpe tortile littlje.Decha™e .one mjle and; an half;:
, to, the Terre Jaûpe Fartage two miles and .ary*h^lf5. t h e n , i t s galet
^ev^ty. Wards.; - two jmiles.and three Terrp Blanche* near
which is. a f^Jl ^qf from fourtfo ftvej.feet ; three miles and. an half to Por-
tage de Lifte, where there is a trading-pqft^ and, about eleven miles,
. on the Noçth fhpre, a.(tracing eftabliftunent,.which is the road, in bosats,
: k a:, h , . d \l |m§MM to