270 THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. CHAP. xvii. 



He was employed by the Expedition in 1858, and 

 during a passage across a broad bay of Lake Winnipeg, 

 a dense fog came on, so that the Indian in the stern did 

 not know which way to steer. Ke-way-den, who was 

 bowsman, insisted on one direction ; the steersman was 

 equally positive that the point they wished to reach lay 

 in a different course. In order to settle the dispute a 

 compass and map were referred to, and the steersman 

 instructed to guide the canoe accordingly. Ke-way-den 

 grumbled, and said if they went on they would be far 

 out of then- course, but in half an hour the desired point 

 was reached. Ke-way-den was astonished, and ever 

 afterwards, when disputing on any subject, and rudely 

 maintaining his own opinion a sad failing with him - 

 it was only necessary to draw the compass out of its 

 case and look at it, holding it before him ; when Ke- 

 way-den would instantly relapse into silence and quietly 

 yield to his antagonist. 



On Lake Tash-ner-nus-kow we found a ' letter ' stuck in 

 a cleftpole overhanging the bank. It was written on 

 birch bark, and consisted of a small map of the country, 

 with arrows showing the direction the writer had taken, 

 some crosses indicating where he had camped, and a 

 large cross to show where he intended to make his first 

 winter quarters. It was probably written by some 

 Nasquapees as a guide to others who might be passing 

 up the river or hunting in the country. Near the letter 

 was a small birch-bark roll containing a little tobacco. 

 These articles were found in the neighbourhood of an old 

 camp ground which had evidently long been frequented 

 by Indians. The men took their dinner here, and were 



