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7. Saturday. Travelled 12 Miles W.S.W. land &c. as yesterday. 
Indians killed 7 Waskesew; found a dead Buffalo; it had been wounded 
by the Archithinue Natives; several of their Arrows were sticking in it. 
8. Sunday. Travelled 10 Miles W.S.W. Level land, and ledges 
of woods. Indians killed 3 Moose and 4 Waskesew. Saw several phea- 
sants and Hares. 
9. Monday. Travelled 10 Miles W.S.W. over a barren plain, not 
one drop of water in it; then came to Hommocks of Poplar & Hazle, 
with a few ponds of water, plenty of Moose & Waskesew. 
10. Tuesday. Travelled none. The young men and I went a 
hunting, killed 3 Moose & 6 Waskesew. I killed a Bull Buffalo, nothing 
but skin and bone; took out his tongue, and left his remains to the 
Wolves who were waiting around me in great numbers: they do not 
meddle with any person: We cannot afford to expend our ammunition 
on them. In the evening when we returned home, found we were joined 
by ten tents of different Indians, but no tidings of the Archithinue 
Natives. My feet are swelled, but otherwise, Thank God, in perfect 
health. 
11. Wednesday. Travelled 15 Miles W.N.W. Level land; few 
woods; & plenty of good water. The greatest hardships I have yet ex- 
perienced is the Warmness of the weather, and the want of Water. In- 
dians killed 8 Waskesew. 
12. Thursday. Cold raw weather which silences the Musquetoes. 
Travelled 11 Miles W.N.W. hilly, rocky land, and shrubby woods. In- 
dians killed 3 Buffalo & 4 Moose. 
13. Friday. Travelled 10 Miles N.W. Level land, no woods. 
Saw many herds of Buffalo grazing like English Cattle. Indians killed 
seven. The Bulls will make towards an Indian when wounded: the 
flesh is sweet but coarse. 


tory). Again (p. 35), quoting Joseph La France, (who made a remarkable 
journey from Michilimackinae to York Factory, in 1738-41, by way of the 
Winnipeg country), he says that the Eagle-eyed Indians are so called not 
because of their sharp sight, but on account of the number of eagles that 
breed on islands in a lake in their country. Cocking, who reached the 
same part of the country through which Hendry is now travelling, early in 
September, 1772, speaks of certain high lands named Mikisew Wiaache, or 
Eagle Hills, and a small stream called Mikisew or Little Eagle Creek. Eagle 
Hills and Eagle Hill Creek are names well known in the Saskatchewan Val- 
ley, the former being applied to a series of hills south of the North Saskat- 
chewan, the creek rising in these hills and emptying into the Saskatchewan 
above The Elbow. No doubt the tribal name and the place-names had a 
common origin. 
