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made public, might be almost as absorbingly interesting as that of 

 David Thompson himself. On August 19th he again set out, his. 

 destination being Lac la Biche or " Red Deer Lake." Ascending 

 the Sturgeon- Weir River and passing through Beaver Lake he reach- 

 ed the Missinippi by way of the Trade Portage, on August 24th. 

 He ascended the Missinippi to Lac la Ronge, on which he mentions 

 an old House where Simon Fraser and Versailles wintered in 1795-96. 

 He crossed the Lake and came to a House kept by Versailles at the 

 mouth of Rapid River, 1 ^ mile beyond which is an English House. 

 From here, ascending to Isle a la Crosse Lake, he reached the N. W. 

 Coy's House on September 6th. Thence, travelling south, up Beaver 

 River as far as the mouth of Green River, he ascended this latter stream 

 to Green Lake, on which was a Post which he places in Lat, 54° 17' 9",. 

 Long. 107° 40'' 35'. There he took horses and travelled westward to 

 Fort George on the Saskatchewan, a short distance above the mouth 

 of Moose Creek and close to the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort, Buck- 

 ingham House. From here he again turned northward and reached 

 the Beaver River at the mouth of Mouse Lake Creek, from which point 

 he ascended the Beaver River, and crossing the water-shed i-eached 

 " Red Deer Lake " or Lac la Biche on October 4th. Here he built a 

 House in Lat. 54° 56' 30", Long. 112° 12', and remained through the 

 winter trading with the Indians. His journal states that he was 

 here on March 14th, 1779 ; but on April 4th he was at Fort Augustus 

 on the north Saskatchewan, and remained there till April 19th. On 

 this date he set out with 3 men and 5 horses, and travelling north- 

 west^wai'd, reached the Pembina River. Here a canoe had been built 

 for him, so that, sending back the horse he started down the river and 

 reached the Athabasca on April 25th, down which he paddled to the 

 mouth of Lesser Slave Lake River. He turned into this stream 

 and surveyed it up to the lake, and then returning he continued down 

 the Athabasca River to the Fort at the mouth of the Clearwater, 

 where he remained for a few days. On May 10th, however, he again 

 set out and ascending the " Methy Portage " (Clearwater) River, cross- 

 ed the Portage, and descending through Buffalo Lake, reached Isle 

 a la Ci'osse on May 20 th. 



Here he was m.irried on June 10th, to Charlotte Small, a young 

 girl who had not yet entered on her fifteenth year. 



From Sept. 11th to the 28th lie was at Fort George, and on Mai'ch 



