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object of their long and laborious journey ; nor, 

 had he gone actually to the mouth of the river, 

 would he have mentioned marks of a tide four- 

 teen feet high. 



" Buffalo or Musk-ox Lake, which he passed in 

 going and returning, ought to be known by the 

 latter name exclusively, as it is not frequented 

 by the buffalo or bison. Cogead Lake is the 

 Cont-woy-to, or Rum Lake, of Franklin ; and 

 its waters, agreeably to Indian information ob- 

 tained by Captain Back, flow by Congecathe- 

 wachaga into the Thlew-ee-choh ; in which case, 

 the Anatessy, or Cree River, as it is named by 

 Franklin, is from its size to be considered as the 

 main branch of the Thlew-ee-choh. The true 

 distance from Congecathewachaga to Point Lake 

 is 78 miles, though by Hearne's map it is 150. 

 At one time, we were inclined to doubt the 

 identity of Franklin's Point Lake with the one so 

 named by Hearne, but we now consider them 

 to be the same ; and, indeed, the small scrubby 

 woods, which Hearne mentions as existing on its 

 banks, were seen by us, this being an advantage 

 possessed, perhaps, by no other lake so far to the 

 eastward, and in so high a latitude. Thaye- 

 chuck-gyed, or large Whitestone Lake lies a 

 short way to the northward of Point Lake, and 

 its waters most probably fall into that arm of 

 Point Lake which Franklin's party crossed on 



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