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several tributaries designated by the names of Cypress, la 

 Souris, IMushroom, Au Milieu, Qui Appelle, &c. 



The last of the tributaries of Red river is Death river, 

 or Onepowe Sepe, a small stream which has received this 

 gloomy name from the circumstance that two hundred and 

 fifty lodges of Chippewas are said to have been destroyed 

 there, about forty -five years since, by the Dacotas. 



Red river discharges itself into Lake Winnepeek by four 

 channels. 



Lake Winnepeek receives its name from the muddy or 

 sallow appearance of its waters ; We signifies muddy, and 

 nepe, water, in Chippewa. It is a large sheet of water with 

 low marshy banks to the south and south-west. To the 

 north-east the shore swells into broad hills, of no great 

 elevation, which are covered with a thin growth of pine,* 

 spruce,t juniper,! tamarack§ or tacca-mahac, red cedar,|| 

 white birch,1[ and a sort of poplar similar to the balm of 

 Gilead.** Among the shrubs there are rose bushes, pembina, 

 and a bush yielding a small dark blue berry, resembling in 

 form and colour the huckleberry, but sweeter and higher 

 flavoured ; by the French traders it is called poire ; it has 

 received the English name of service-berry ; the Chippe- 

 was call it O'sakwakko mlnan.tt Lake Winnepeek is about 

 two hundred and seventy miles long, by eighty broad in 

 its widest, and fifteen in its narrowest part. Its general di- 

 rection is about north-north-west. Its shore is much in- 

 dented. We coasted it for about thirty-five miles, very 

 near to its south-eastern extremity ; proceeding from one 

 projecting point to another, our course, which was at first a 



" Pinus alba, nigra, See, f Abies Canadensis, Mich. 



i Junipenis communis. § Laryx Americana, Mich. 



H Juniperus Virginiana, Mich. 1 Betula papyracea. 



•• Populus balsamifera. W Mespilus arborea, Mich. 



