NORTHERN OCEAN. 
_ Indians whom we met on Pike Lake, and in the 
_ morning of the fourth, proceeded to crofs the re- 
_ mainder of that Lake; but, though the weather 
was fine, and though the Lake was not more 
than twenty-feven miles broad at the place where 
we croffed it, yet the Indians loft fo much time at 
play, that it was the feventh before we arrived on 
the Weft fide of it. During the whole time we 
were crofling it, each night we found either points 
of land, or iflands, to put up in. On the eighth, 
we lay a little to the Eaft North Eaft of Black 
Bear Hill, where the Indians killed twodeer; which 
were the firft we had feen for ten days; but hav- 
ing plenty of dried meat and fat with us, we were 
by no means in want during any part of that 
time. On the ninth, we proceeded on our courfe 
to the Weftward, and foon met with as great 
plenty of deer as we had feen during any part of 
ourjourney ; which, no doubt, made things go 
on {mooth and eafy: and as the Spring advanced, 
the rigour of the winter naturally abated, fo that 
at times we had fine pleafant weather over-head, 
though it was never fo warm as to occafion any 
‘thaw, unlefs in fuch places as lay expofed to the 
mid-day fun, and were fheltered from all the cold 
winds. 
On the nineteenth, as we were continuing our 
courfe to the Weft and Weft by South, we faw 
the tracks of feveral ftrangers; and on following 
the main path, we arrived that night at five tents 
of Northern Indians, who had refided there great 
part 
85 
1771. 
March, 
4th. 
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