this channel maft be drys The rivëf noty'turns t° tire weft ward,
becoming gradually narrower fer twëhty-fG^r rîiiWs, tiH it is not morö
than half a mile WidfeF the current, bötvëVeriis'tfeen much fiföttg|r; and
tire foundings were three falhöm arid â half. The land on the Nórth
fhöré fro®i-the* lake-is k>W, arid covered with trees j that to the South
is much Mghëtj aftd has alfo an abundance of wööd. T h i cerreift fe Very
ftrong; feftd the bâîffcs are §f àn "equal >hëîght dfl ^oth fiiêSj cötrfMtihg
o f â yëïlôw clay-, mixed with Lôfàll Ifoftésî; theÿ arê éövëred wirih-large
<Jüàntîtfc§ óf bütôëd Wéëd, lÿinÿeaî the^roSWdj and ÿôtli^ ^Oplat treeS}
that bavé fpföög üp fîiee thé Sre tfist diftt^yid thé larger Wötfd. It is
a very oériéëë ârid extraordinary éitëuffiffine^thffiE dâôd e#?érëd With
fpruce pine, and white birch, when laid wafte by firè, fhould fuhfe-
quently produce fiothteflriit poplars,’Whe#ëtiöfle of that fpëéfeS óf éee
wöré pfëvloùfly to bê föünd-.
A flifF breéxe from the EafUvard dröVe üs Oir at a gréât râté tiridér
failj ift the fame coürib/ though obliged tö- wiild amoBg iftëndSv ’ We
kept--the North channel, for about ten miles, 'who^cutfedt- is much
ftronger than that of the South ; fo- that the latter is confeqnentlÿ
the -betSiF’' föad to come up. Here the river widened, and the wind
dying away, we had recour fe’ë t©! ©u r paddles.' We kept o u t ecu fié
to the North-Weft, on the North fide of the river, Which is here
much wider-; and affames the Tôtirt of a fosall feke ; We Cóhld fiot,
höWever, difeOvër aft opening ih any dire'&ïöny fc -that Wë were at a
I'SN \ i\ i to " ' > t i\i i^-fouj^Ki •-Knife Indian had never explored
beyond Otir prëffeht fitttaifiöri. Hé at thé famé- time' ihfôîme'd
üs that a river falls, in from thé North, which take's-' its- rife in the Horn
Mountain, now in fight, which is the country of the Beaver Indians ;
and
w f tljht he- and his .relations, frequently meet on that river. He alfo
added, that there are very ektenfive plains on botih.fides of it, which
abound in btuffaloies and asioofe deer.
By keeping this^ oourfe; we ^dt hat© -foaifows/ fo. that we wsene
TntiCed dr©; fflseer fc© the left, taif ■ yvm.; recovered deep water, which =we
^qlfowed, till the channel of the rivet, opened tan vns iso the fornhward.
■ 'w’d, now , made-for the fhore, and enteamped foon after funfet. Our
.cquyfe, ought t©>i have been Weft fifteen«, miles,, fince weitookYto the
paddle,^fche- Horn Mountains bearing from us North-Weft, and running
Nor-th-North-Eaft and South-S©nth-Weft.- Our foundings, which were
Jff£fiuenXduring the courfe|©f the day,.Wereifrom three toTix fathoms
abater. The hunters- killedtwO' geefe and a fw a n it ' appeared, indeed;
that great numbers of fowls breed in the iflands which we had palled.
- At four this-morning- we got under way, the weather being fine and Tuefday 30.
calm. Our courfe was South-Well by, South thirty-fix miles. On the
Sduthvfide of the river is a ridgej o f low mountains, running Eaft and
Weft by compafs. The Indiifts picked up a white goofe, ■ which
appeared to have been lately (hot with an arrow, andlwas quite freih.
We proceeded South-Weft by South fix miles, and then came to a bay
onjour left, which is full of fmall iilands, and appeared to be the entrance
o f ai .river from the South; Here the ridge of mountains terminates.
This courfe was fifteen miles.
& - At fix in the afternoon there was an appearance of bad weather; ,we
landed, therefore/ fori the' night; but before we could pitch our tents, a
E . i violent'