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in tormenting the poor Indians. He is not, how- 
ever, invincible, and was foiled in one of his 
attempts by the artifice of an old woman, who 
succeeded in taking him captive. She called in 
all the women of the tribe to aid in his punish- 
ment, and he escaped from their hands in a con- 
dition so filthy that it required all the waters of 
the Great Lake to wash him clean: and ever 
since that period it has been entitled to the ap- 
pellation of Winipeg, or Muddy water. 
Norway Point forms the extremity of a narrow 
peninsula which separates Play Green and Wini- 
peg Lakes. Buildings were first erected here 
by a party of Norwegians, who were driven 
away from the colony at Red River by the com- 
motions which took place some time ago. It is 
now a trading post belonging to the Hudson’s 
Bay Company. On landing at Norway House 
we met with Lord Selkirk’s colonists, who had 
started from York Factory the day before us.— 
These poor people were exceedingly pleased at 
meeting with us again in this wild country; 
having accompanied them across the Atlantic, 
they viewed us in the light of old acquaintances. 
This post was under the charge of Mr. James 
Sutherland, to whom I am indebted for replacing 
a minute-hand on the chronometer, which was 
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