M W S the, month o f A y g u lf fo ^ h e i^ iw i^ e r f^ fe s .* , /T o North,
o f , fifty .degrees,’ it.js .hardly. knoym^. p rv at ftgft., does „pat,, cpine.: to,
> maturity.', gj •
charges ^tfelf,(fcty the River,,Nelfon into HudfopX Bay.aThqRpft^in
rq t^o n ^p e x t to.thtit I £ave juft defcribed, is the Affmiboin, or Red
R i^p v ^h ip h , at t ^ ^ f t a i s e e , pTfqt'ty.jj miles; cc^^^f&AifcmhftS^S^A
^ ^ vS^pq|h^Weft fide of the lake ,Winipic: & It akernately gec^iye^^hole
twpfderaomiqations from jts dividing, at the diftapge pf ,ab$ut thirty milp.c
from the lake, into two large, branches.,, ^ h e Eaftero brapqh,; caUedjhe
Red River, ru^s ip a Southern direftjon to.near the. hgaft,jyater^„of^ jh.e
Miffilfippi. On this are" two trading eftablifliment^|srThe country' on
either fide is h n t;paTtiall^fupplied with; wood, and confifts o f plains .cohered
with. herdSf Of foej buffalo and, tho,plks.^|fpgGi^y, on.-the>%gftem
fide*,, On the Raftern fide*|are-|Rkes, and-;rR®rs,-,and the^whole eonn^
try is well g wooded- level, j abounding in heaygR bears, amqof&deer,
fallow-deer, &c. &c. The natives,_ who are of the Algonquin.j trjb'£,
are pot-yepy numerous, and arp. coaftdered, as the nattves^pf ,Rak£; Superior^
> This cpuntry being ngar the Miffilfippi, htalfo, ii^habited;;by, |h?
Nadowafis, who, are the natural enemies p f die; formerffithfc hgad of the.
water being the. war-iliue,( they^are in .a continual Hate, of hoftility ; and;
though iheAlgqnquins ^re^(mallyrRraye, the others generally e|uRnumT;
ber them; itis^yery.pfd^blef^herelia^tfiat if t he 1 a t ter c onti n u e
ture put of .the woods, ■ which form their only.prqte£tipn; they^mjl fqqn
, ,S The fruits are, ftrawberries, hurtleberries, plumbs, and cherries, hazlenuts, goofeberties, currant
«, ’raipbafie's, poires, &c.
be
b'fe extirpated.-- There is not, per'Ka^s^a fiber country in the world for
the- c^&dehciiof 'ubervilifed? man; than1 that** Which*0 fe c u pie s the Ipace -between
this- rfveiS and L a k e *8Uj5€ri 6 r ' It abaund&in every thing neeeffary
to *,the .wants and1 comforts • o f fiie-h a^pfOple.* Fifh/veniton, and fowl,
with wild ric^ldte * in great plenty; while, at* the fame time, their fubfift-
eheejeequir&»>tliat ‘bodily exercife lb neeeffary to- health atid vigour.1' t
Thissgrea'fe extent of *country was*forkierfy Rjg¥pl1 populous, but from
thferamfclEmatioh I "received/fche-'dggtegatO of its inhabitants db^HSPeit-
ceedi tthrde-. hundrfed )warriors;. and; among t fe f ew ^homl i- faw, it ap-5
pearedi1 to me that. the .widows were mode mbtahrous1 thaff the m€n.
The’ rackoon as a native o f this country, but is feldom’ found' to' the
Northward uofrat« if
•>• .The.'Other branch istcalled after the tribe of the NadaWafis, who hefe
gol by the name of. Affimboinsyand are the principal inhabitants Of - it.
It rups from off the North-N orth-W eft/ and, in the latitude of 51 f. Weft,
and longitude 103^.; riling;in■ the'fame mountains as the river Dauphin,
p f which I Ihaff ipfeak in- due Order: They mult have 'feparated from
their '/nation.'iat a 'time 'beyond, our knowledge; arid; live in-peace* with
the Algonquins and Knifteneaux.
Thq.country: between this anrithe Red River; is almpft a-continual
plain, to > thejiMilftfouryili-The g foil is fand and'gravel; with a*-flight
intectnixture.fpfj,earth, and, produces.'a fliort'grafts “«Trees are very
„rare’p nor .are there on the banks of the river fuffkient, except in
particular fpots, to build houfes and fupply fire-wood for the tracing
eftablilhments