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Monday 6.
Tuefday 7.
JOURNAL OP A VOYAGE THROUGH THE
"tlay" throughout' tha'sfeara Hefoubii himfèl^ver/ dncorisfeprà^f^n
his be^fituâion,'and pretended thatbe waif'^eïy ill, in-ordfef’ thât Si
might, be permitted terretürn ta bis retàtiShi'^To %i#kiitrb i^ fe :ai^
it became necêffarÿ» to-'-ketep' a ftri& watch over him'dUrihgftKd nigh'tV
At thfeeo’clock, in a very raw and cloudy morning; we'^embarked,
and‘fleered Weft-South-Weft four miles, Weft "four miles, Weftl'Kort^
Weft fi vemiles, Weft eight mifcs’,. Weft by South fixteen miles, # | f t
ifeuth-WeftT&iae miles, : then Wéft^flk ihMsi and
encamped at half paft feven. We paffed through numerous iflands-
add had the ridgé o f fnowy mountains always in fight. Our condu&bf
informed us that great numbers o f bears, and fmalk white buffaloes';
fréquenttliofe mountains, which 'are'alfo-inhabited by Indians* We
encamped in à fiàfilar fituation to'thkt of the |péedmgfaÿ^ffiî|, beneath
another high rocky hill, which I attempted' to afeend, in‘company with
one of the hunters, but béfofè we had got halfway' tbthefummi^wewé^
almoft fuffocated by clouds of mufquitoes, and were oblige^%o^return;
I obferved, however, that the mfctains terminated'here,-and that a
river flowed from the Weûward: I alfo' diftovered' a ffrong ripling
eurrent, or rapid, which ran clofe under a ffeep precipice of the hill. '
. We embarked at four in the morning, and croffed tb the oppos
e &îe o f the river, in confequence of the rapid; but we might
have fpared ourfelvés this trouble, as there would have been no danger
in continuing our courfe, without any circuitous deviation' what-
ever. This circumftance convinced us o f the erroneous account given
by the natives of the great and approaching dangers of our navigation,
as
as fthis rapid was ftated fd be; oi^fef Our eouije was ndWiNdtth-
Nbrth-Weft- • |hree - miles, We ft- North-Weft four miles, North-Weft
ted miles,! Nopth two m il^ wh«3^|weieanae to ;a .river' that $o\ved, from
the Eaftwarch Hefe Iwetlanded at.an encampmept qf four, fires, all the
inhabit&ntsof whiebran off with the fitmoft fpeed, exfcept anbld man and
amold woman. Ouir guideiasailed aloud tb the fagiti^s,4uad entreated
them to ftay, but withobt effeO; the old mart, however^ did not hefitate
to approach m, and ippcelenifed bimfdf as tooTar advanced in life, and
top indifferent about the ffaort time .he had to remain in the world, to
be very anxious aboutf-efcaping. from any danger that threatened' him;
iat thb fajne time , he pulled bis grey hairs from his; head by handbills to
diftrihute, amohg us* and implored dur, favour for himfelf and his relations.
Our guide, however, at length removed his fcars, and perfuaded
bimt ©recall the fugitives, who eonfiftedof eighteen people»; whom I
»reconciled to me on their return with prefents o f beads, kftives, awls, See.
with which they appeared to be greatly delighted. . They differed in
no» refpefii from thofe whom we had alreadyfaen; nor were they deficient
® in hofpitable attritions; &®y provided us with filh,^hich was
verylwell boiled, and cheerfully.» accepted b y us. Our guide ftill
•fekened after his borne, and waS fo anxious to return thither, that we
were under the ueceffityiaf |jbrci»g him to embark.
Thefe -people informed-us that' we; were efofo to another great rapid,
and thatlthere were ffeverai lodges •<*£ thigir -telations in' its vicinity.
Four canoes; with a man in each, followed us, to point out the par-
tkular channeis. jWe fhould follow far the fecure paffage of the rapid.
They alfo abounded »in difeouraging ftories concerning the dangers and
difficulties which we were to encounter.
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