84 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Monday, 14th.—Fine weather. Take our departure from Assini- 
boine! about 4 o’clock with 56 horses and men, part of the horses only 
being loaded. Proceed thro’ the woods between 4 and 5 miles and 
encamp at a small creek. Many deep mires. Horses very poor and 
weak. 
Thursday, 15th.—Weather rather overcast. Start at 7 a.m. 
Breakfast at the Rivière Creuse? Road to it very bad full of mires— 
ascend several hills. Several horses remain behind unable to come 
farther light. Men sent back to endeavour to bring them up—report 
one to be dead. Mr. McDougal with a man goes ahead to Edmonton 
to inform of the state of the horses &c. Proceed again having rested 
the horses 5 hours and encamp at Les Deux Rivieres® Distance of to- 
days’s journeys between 10 and 12 miles. Killed 2 geese and 2 ducks. 
Wednesday, 16th.—Morning fine—towards evening several claps 
of thunder. Shower of hail and successive showers of rain. Start 
between 7 and 8 a.m. Proceed thro’ thick wocds.# Swamps—about 8 
miles and take breakfast at first prairie. Afterwards continue for near 
5 miles and encamp in the woods across the 2nd prairie. Our road the 
whole of this day has been thro’ one continued mire—several horses too 
weak to come up with the rest, tho’ ight. Two men return to bring 
them up but are unable. 
Thursday, 17th.—Fine morning. Start 6 a.m. Pxoceed 14 mile 
and arrive at the Paddle Riverÿ—make a raft and get our baggage 
across in about 3 hours—afterwards go on 3 miles and stop to breakfast. 
Detained here several hours by rain. Again continue 7 miles and arrive 
at the Pembina River. The road from Paddle River lies along the 
borders of small lakes, thro’ swamps and woods—the track thro’ the 
latter being in some cases extremely bad—much fallen wood and deep 
mires, 
Friday, 18th.—Fine morning. Mr. Stuart’s craft not having yet 
arrived, people set about making 3 rafts. These being made cross 
over all the property and load 20 horses therewith. Proceed to Lac la 

1 Fort Assiniboine. . 
2 An error for cruche. Pitcher (or Cruche) creek falls into Two Creeks about 
15 miles, by trail, from fort Assiniboine. 
3 Near the source of Two Creeks and about 25 miles from fort Assiniboine. 
4 Respecting this area, Hector notes on his map, “splendid forest of birch and 
other trees.” 
5 A tributary of the Pembina river. 
5 The Pembina is the most southerly prairie stream whose waters flow to the 
Arctic ocean. 
