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Famil}', I present my pipe to him & make him a small present, & by 

 strength of a little liquor prevailed on him to accompany us & hope to 

 take him with me to the Fort next summer. He had been employed 

 last summer & winter by the pedlars to procure them food. Our Course 

 in Saskatchewan river Wt. 20° iSIorth, distance 20 miles. 



N.B. — From York Fort to Basquia I make the Course South 46 

 West, Distance 450 miles. 



August 1. Saturday. Proceeded: Paddled: saw several wild-fowl, 

 & Basquia hills, also an old house formerly belonging to the Canadians.* 

 Paddled in a branch of Saskatchewan River & in a Lake named Maneme- 

 shahsquatanan Sakahegan * on the South of the main river. From the 

 main river in the branch to the I^ake is S. 76° West 5 mjles and the 

 I^ake Wt. N. by 24 miles, then arrived at a river with a strong current, 

 & paddled 5 miles W.S.W. Soly ^ in it. Course Corrected So. 76 Wt. 27 

 miles distance. 



2. Sunday. Proceeded, & at noon brought to. Men went a hunting 

 Moose, killed one, good food. In the above river paddled So. 66 Wt. 

 distance 5 miles. N.B. — The Current continues strong & good water for 

 canoes. 



3. Monday. In the forepart of the day dryed our Venison; then 

 proceeded; men hunting but without success. Course So. 46 Wt. and 

 distance 4 miles. 



4. Tuesday. Proceeded : Paddled, Dragged, & Carried our Canoes 

 & Goods at intervals. Plenty of wild fowl: Here I met with a York 

 Fort Leader who had not been down this summer. He denied having 

 traded with the pedlars; but the Cana-dians goods that were in their 

 possessiion contradicted his Assertion. Paddled about a mile West in 

 the river, then came to Maneshashsquatanan lake again, and piaddled 

 about 2 miles N.W. in it; when after two Carriadges, & dragging 

 Canoes thro' swamps 2 miles N.W. nearly, we entered Saskatjchewan 

 again, and paddled for about 12 miles in it W.S.W., then put up for the 

 night. About a mile below which place, on the North side of the river, 

 is a place where the Natives tell me that the Beaver Indians * carry their 

 goods & canoes into a Lake named Menistaquatakow : ^ this Carrying 

 place is named Menistick-Minikqueuskow. Course corrected North 84° 

 AVest, distance 16 miles. 



1 La Vérendrye's Fort Poskoyac. 



2 Saskeram lake. 



3 Southerly, presumably. 



* A tribe of the Athapascan family. 

 ^ Cumberland lake. 



