SOURCE OF ST. PETER's RIVER. 53 



barn swallow,* night-hawk,t whip-poor-will,J bald-eagle, 

 hairy woodpecker, great heron,§ grakle,l| kildeer,ir blue- 

 winged teal, ruddy duck,** rose-breasted grosbeak,tt crow, 

 raven, and pigeon,tt the last of which is very abundant 

 in the woods. 



Among the quadrupeds were the pouched rat,§§ flying 

 squirrel,||l| Hudson's Bay squirreLHIT Wolves are very nu- 

 merous and bold. Some came up to our lodge during the 

 night, and bit very severely one of our horses that was 

 staked near it. 



We may conclude this imperfect statement of the pre- 

 sent situation and future prospects of this colony, with a 

 tabular view of the distance from Pembina to some of the 

 most important places ; premising, however, that estimates 

 made upon such immense extents of territory, and in 

 countries as yet very little explored, must of course be 

 liable to errors ; it is only upon loose calculations that these 

 estimates are founded. 



1. Distance from Pembina to York Factory, on Hud- 

 son's Bay. 



Miles. 

 From Pembina to the mouth of Red river - - 163 

 Along the east side of Lake Winnepeek - - 300 



Play Green Lake _.--.- 14 



Carried over .-.-.-- 477 



• Hirundo Americana. f Caprimulgus popetue, Vieil. 



^ Caprimulgus Virginianus. § Ardea Herodias. 



j] Icterus quiscala. % Charadrius vociferus. 



•* Anas rubidus, Wilson. ff Loxia Ludoviciana. 

 ii^ Columba migratoria. 



§§ Pseudostoma bursaria, (Say.) See Account of an Expedition to 

 the Rocky Mountains, vol. 1, p. 406. 



nil Pteromys volucella. Tl Sciurus Iludsonius. 



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