OF THE POLAR ! 



wards directed to some pine branches, scattered 

 on the ice, which proved to be marks placed by 

 our hunters, to guide us to the spot where they 

 had deposited the carcasses of two small deer. 

 This supply was very seasonable, and the men 

 cheerfully dragged the additional weight. Akait- 

 cho, judging from the appearance of the meat, 

 thought it had been placed here three days ago, 

 and that the hunters were considerably in advance. 

 We put up, at six P.M., near the end of the lake, 

 having come twelve miles and three quarters, and 

 found the channel open by which it is connected 

 with the Rock-nest Lake. A river was pointed 

 out, bearing south from our encampment, which 

 IS said to rise near Great Marten Lake. Red- 

 rock Lake is in general narrow, its shelving 

 banks are well clothed with wood, and even the 

 hills, which attain an elevation of four hundred or 

 five hundred feet, are ornamented, half way up, 

 with stunted pines. 



On 



having gummed the 



canoes, embarked with their burdens to descend 

 the river ; but we accompanied the Lidians about 

 five miles across a neck of land, when we also 

 embarked. The river was about two hundred 

 yards wide, and its course being uninterrupted, 

 We cherished a sanguine hope of now getting on 

 niore speedily, until we perceived that the waters 



