58 THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE BY LAND. 



The two branches of the river are only eighteen miles 

 apart at this point, and after crossing the south branch 

 on the morning of the 26th, we reached Carlton the 

 same day, having now accomplished about 500 out of 

 the 1,200 or 1,300 miles from Red River to the foot 

 of the Rocky Mountains. 



