January 
1 
3d. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
were indifpofed, we did not move on the fecond 
of January; but early in the morning of the 
third fet out, and walked about feven miles to 
the North Weftward, five of which were on the 
above mentioned Lake; when the Indians hav- 
ing killed two deer, we put up for the night. 
Ifland Lake (near the center) is in latitude 60° 
45’ North, and 102°, 25’ Weft longitude, from 
London; and is, at the part we croffed, about 
thirty-five miles wide: but from the North Eaft 
to the South Weft it is much larger, and entire- 
ly full of iflands, fo near to each other as to 
make the whole Lake refemble a jumble of fer- 
pentine rivers and creeks ; and it is celebrated by 
by the natives as abounding with great plenty of 
fine fifh during the beginning of the Winter. 
At different, parts of this Lake moft part of the 
wives and families of thofe Northern Indians who 
vifit Prince of Wales’s Fort in October and No- 
vember generally refide, and wait for their re- 
turn; as there is little fear of their being in want 
of provifions, even without the affiftance of a 
gun and ammunition, which is a point of real 
confequence tothem. The Lake is plentifully 
fupplied with water from feveral {mall rivulets 
and creeks which run into it at the South Weift 
end; and it empties itfelf by means of other 
{mall rivers which run to the North Eaft, the 
principal of which is Nemace-a-feepee-a-fifh, or 
Little Fish River. Many of the iflands, as well 
as the main land round this Lake, abound with 
dwarf 
