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higheft folly for an individual likeme, andin my jy», 
fituation, to attempt to turn the current of a nae Www 
tional prejudice which had fubfifted between 
thofe two nations from the earlieft periods, or at 
leaft as long as they had been acquainted with the 
exiftence of each other. 
Having got rid of all the women, children, dogs, 
heavy baggage, and other incumbrances, on the 
firft of June we purfued our journey to the North- 
ward with great fpeed; but the weather wasin 
general fo precarious, and the fnow, fleet, and 
‘rain fo frequent, that notwithftanding we em- 
‘braced every opportunity which offered, it was 
the fixteenth of June before we arrived in the la- 
titude of 67° 30’, where Matonabbee had propof- 
ed that the women and children fhould wait our 
return from the Copper-mine River. 
In our way hither we croffed feveral lakes on 
theice; of which Thoy-noy-kyed Lake and Thoy- 
coy-lyned Lake were the principal. We alfo 
crofled a few inconfiderable creeks and rivers, 
which were only ufeful as they furnithed a {mall 
fupply of ffh to the natives. The weather, as I 
have before obferved, was in general difagreeable, 
with a great deal of rain and fnow. To makeup 
for that inconvenience, however, the deer were 
fo plentiful, that the Indians killed not only a fuf- 
ficient quantity for our daily fupport, but fre- 
quently great numbers merely for the fat, mar- 
row and tongues. To induce them to defift from 
this practice, I often interefted myfelf, and endea- 
voured, 
May. 
June, 
ift, 
16th, 
