THE MOUNTAIN FALL. 39 



at their different fortunes. These important 

 preliminaries, therefore, being settled to the 

 tolerable satisfaction of those concerned, we took 

 leave of our friendly host, and encamped at the 

 imposing fall of Kakabikka, by the voyageurs 

 commonly called the Mountain Fall. This 

 has been well and graphically described by 

 Major Long* and Sir J. Franklin t ; in mag- 

 nitude it is inferior only to the Niagara or the 

 Falls of Wilberforce, whilst it far surpasses both 

 in picturesque effect. 



On the 26th, the despatch canoe (a sort of 

 mail) overtook us at the Savannah portage ; 

 and I gladly seized the opportunity it afforded me 

 of sending a letter to Mr. Simpson, with a requi- 

 sition for men and stores, and a request that 

 he would do me the favour to make certain in- 

 quiries as to the most practicable route to the 

 Thlew-ee-choh-dezeth. % 



While descending the narrow and encumbered 

 stream of the Savannah, William Malley, one 

 of my volunteer artillerymen, slipped off a float- 

 ing tree, as he was attempting to open a pas- 

 sage for the canoes, and narrowly escaped being 



* " Narrative of an Expedition to St. Peter's River, 

 Lake Winnepeg," &c. 



f " Second Journey to the Polar Sea." 



X Dezeth, desseh, tessy, &c. being only the same word for 

 river, will in future be omitted in the Narrative. 



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