DAVID THOMPSON. 143 



stated that Neil in the 4th edition of his History of Minnesota gives 

 a short account of Thompson's journey across the State in A.D. 1798, 

 which appears to be approximately correct. I have not been aVjle to 

 see a copy of this edition of Neil's Histoiy and cannot speak further 

 of it. 



From Turtle Lake, Thompson descended Turtle Brook to Eed Cedar 

 (Cass) Lake, on which there a N. W. Coy's House kept by Mr. John 

 Sayer, which he places in Lat. 47° 27' -Q''; Long. 95°. Remaining 

 here from April 29th to May 3rd, he again embarked and struck across 

 to the head of the Mississippi River, down which he travelled through 

 ^'Winnipegoos" Lake to the mouth of Sand Lake River, where 

 he left the main stream and turned up Sand Lake River to Sand 

 Lake, on which was a House of the N. W. Co., S 14° E. 1| mile 

 from the head of the river, and in Lat. 46° 46' 39". 



From this House he crossed the Lake to the mouth of Savannah 

 Brook, which he followed up to Savannah Carrying Place, a deep 

 bog four miles across. Crossing this poi-tage to a small creek that 

 flows into the St. Louis River, he descended the latter stream to 

 Fond du Lac House, two miles and a half up the river from Lake 

 Superior. He reached this Post on May 10th, 2 months and 18 days 

 after leaving the mouth of Souris River. 



From here he surveyed tlia south shore of Lake Superior, arriving 

 at the Falls of Ste. Marie on May 28th. Leaving here in a light 

 ■canoe with 1 1 men, he reached the Grand Portage on June 7th, and 

 remained there till July 14th. The time was a very busy one at this, 

 the central Post of the Company ; and he gives a very interesting ac- 

 count of the men who were almost daily arriving from and departing 

 for many widely separated points throughout the west. 



On July 14th he started for the interior reaching the Fort at the 

 mouth of the Winnipeg River on July 31st, and on August I th, 

 the mouth of Saskatchewan, having travelled along the eastern shore 

 of Lake Winnipeg. On the 18th of August he reached Cumberland 

 House, where he states that Mr. Peter Fidler was stopping at the 

 time. This gentleman was in the service of the Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany and travelled and made extensive surveys throughout the North- 

 West. His journal has been stated to be still in existence, and if 



