54 EXPEDITION TO THE 



Miles. 



Brought over ------- 477 



Saskatchewina river and Portage - - - - 35 



Hare Lake --__.-. 7 



Each-away-man's brook, in dry seasons no water; 



ten beaver dams kept in repair - - - - 28 

 Rivulets and small lakes, 5 portages - - - 50 



Holy Lake --30 



Trout river, many rapids, 2 portages - - - 13 

 Knee lake --------47 



Jack-tent river, many rapids, 5 portages - - 10 



Swampy Lake ------.7 



Hill river, series of shoals, strong rapids, innumerable 



sunken rocks, 12 portages, and many discharges 63 

 Main river, comes from South or Nipegon, Steel 



river, must be towed up, - - - - - 27 

 Hayes river 52 



845 



The above admeasurements were made by David Thomp- 

 son, Esq. one of the best geographers in the British Do- 

 minions of North America, and at present employed on 

 the boundary line commission. They are extracted from 

 " A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries of 

 North America, London and Montreal, 1818." 



2. Distance from Pembina by the St. Peter to New Or- 

 leans. 



Miles. 

 From Pembina to the mouth of the Grand Fork of 



Red river 130 



Thence to the mouth of the River des Sioux - - 180 



Carried over ------- 310 



