^ mile, North^Edftby Eaft two mife; N(Mth o®e?M e , We now-defcended
- y— '• a rapid, and proceeded North-WeftdeVen »miles and' a half, -North-
Weft nine miles, North by,Weft-fix miles, North-Weft by Weft one mile
and a half, North-Weft *.by .North half a mile,' North-North-Weft fix
miles, Nortbrwe- 4nil^ -NorthsWeft by Weft Jbtir; milel| NbrfcNorth-
Eaft oWe mile:- Here we arrived at the month of. the Dog River, where
we landed-, and unloaded our canoes/at half palb feven in the ewning,,
oh the Eaft«fida/land-cftkfe by the rapids. At> this ftation ,the river is
near two leagues in breadth.
Fnday 5‘ A t three o cIock in the morning we embarked, but unloaded©ur-cah&es
at'the firft rapid. When we had reloaded, we entered a fmall channel,
whicfcis , formed b y the ifldnds, and, in about half un houV, we came'
to the carrying place. It is three hundred and eighty paces in -length,
and very commodious, except at the further end of it: j We found fbme?
dificul^y in reloading, at this fpot, from the lafge ‘qoantity'trf^tfe ’which
had not yet thawed. From hence to the next carrying-pfeefe,- called the-
Portaged'Embarras, is about fix miles, and is oceafioned by the drift wood
fiHing up the fmall channel, which-is one thouiand and twenty paces in
length ; from hence to the next is one mile and a half, whilethe-diftanfceto
that ’Which fuceeeds; ddes not exceed ohd hundred andfifty yafds.- ^It is
about the fame length as the laft; and from hence to^he c4Uyin|pladfe-
called the Mountain, is about >four miles further ; when :we JeWen$d'ihe
great river. The fmaller one, Of'the channel, ’ affords byffar the beft:
pafihge, as it is-Without haaard of "any kind^ thougM^ I believe a Ihorter
courfe would be found on the outfide o f the iflands, and without fo
many carryingplacis. That called the Mountain is three-hundred and.
thirty-five paces in length; from thence to* the next, named the * Pelican,
can,- there is'-abo'tft a-mile of dangerous rapids:. T he landing % very
fteep, and clofe to*the'-fall. The length of this -carrying-place is eight
hundred and twenty, paces.
The whole of the party were now employed in taking the baggage
and-,the eaubfe up the hill: 4 0 ne- of the Indian canoesfwent down the
foll^andwas d'alhed to pieces: The^,Woman)jWEfafc had |the management
of it*, by quitting it in time,preferred he» life, though lh‘e; loft' the‘little
property ib contained, >
The courfe from the place1 we quittedffn the.-morning is about Notth-
Weft, and comprehends a diffance of fifteen miles. ' From hence'to the
next ahdlaft carrying place, is about nine milesj-;.. in which diftandeffiere
are three rapids: courfe North-Weft by Wefts' The .carrying path is
very bad, and five'hundred and thirty: fiy^paces fin length.- Our canoes
being lightened, paffed on the outfide'-of the oppofite iflarid, which rendered
the carrying o f the baggage "very Ihort iiideed, bq|ng|no'|t,m‘ore
than- the length of a canoe. -. In .the ydar 1786, five men;/Were 'dnfjpned,
and7two canoes and fome package^flqft, in the rap-ids’ ofl the other fide
o f the river,’ which ocoafiqjjiaed this splice to.be- called -the; P o r ta e aes
fijajih- j They were proceeding to the Slave Lake, in the"',fall o f that
year/under the direction of Mr! Cuthbeft Grant / We proceeded' from
hen^e fix miles/ and encamped on Point 4e„ Roche, at hfilf paift five
in the afternoon. The’ men and IridianS-wefe yiry. much fatigued;
but tile hunters had provided ftyeri geefe, a,Reaver,and fdur 'ducks. -
We embarked’at’ ' half ,-paft two in the m o r n in g ,f le e r e d North- Saturday 6-
Weft by North twenty-onC miles, NorthrWeftfipy Weft live miles,^ Weft-
North