t*oO EXPEDITION TO THE 



use of dogs, which are here among the most useful of 

 domestic animals. 



The region granted to the late Lord Selkirk, and called 

 Ossiniboia, has the following limits, viz. " Beginning on 

 the western shore of the Lake Winipie, at a point in 52° 

 30' N. latitude, and thence running due west to the Lake 

 Winipigashish, otherwise called Little Winipie, thence in 

 a southerly direction through the said lake, so as to strike 

 its western shore, in latitude 52°, thence due west to the 

 place where the parallel 52° intersects the western branch 

 of Red river, otherwise called Assiniboin river, thence due 

 south from that point of intersection to the height of land 

 which separates the waters running into Hudson's Bay from 

 those of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, thence in an 

 easterly direction along the height of land to the source of 

 the river Winipie, (meaning by such last named river the 

 principal branch of the waters which unite in the lake 

 Saginagas,) thence along the main stream of those waters 

 and the middle of the several lakes through which they 

 pass to the mouth of the Winipie river, and thence in a 

 northerly direction through the middle of the Lake Wini- 

 pie to the place of beginning, which territory is called 

 Ossiniboia," or Assiniboia. 



The 49th parallel of north latitude, which is the nor- 

 thern boundary of the United States, crosses Red river at 

 a point so far down, as to include within the limits of our 

 territory all the village of Pembina, with the exception of 

 two or three cabins. The boundary is designated at this 

 place by an oaken post, erected by the exploring party, 

 which stands on the west upland bank of the river within 

 a few paces of the brow of the bank, with the letters U. S. 

 inscribed on the south, and G. B. on the north sides of the 

 post. 



