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Seyi. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
Agreeably to our expectations, a very fudden | 
A~ and heavy gale of wind came on from the North | 
July. 
yth. 
Weft, attended with fo great a fall of fnow, | 
that the oldeft Indian in company faid, he never 
faw it exceeded at any time of the year, much — 
lefs in the middle of Summer. ‘The gale was foon | 
over, and by degrees it became a perfect calm: — 
but the flakes of {now were fo large as to fur- | 
pafs all credibility, and fell in fuch vaft quan- | 
tities, that though the fhower only lafted nine — 
hours we were in danger of being fmothered in 
our caves. 
On the feventh, we had a frefh breeze at North 
Weit, with fome flying fhowers of {mall rain, and 
at the fame time a con{ftant warm funfhine, which 
foon diffolved the greateft part of the new-fallen 
fnow. Early in the mornihg we crawled out of 
our holes, which were on the North fide of the 
Stony Mountains, and walked about eighteen or 
twenty miles to the North Weft by Weft. In 
our way we crofled part of a large lake on the 
ice, which was then far from being broken up. 
This lake I diftinguifhed by the name of Buffalo, 
‘or Mufk-Ox Lake, from the number of thofe ani- 
mals that we found grazing on the margin of it; 
many of which the Indians killed, but finding 
them lean, only took fome of the bulls’ hides for 
fhoe-foals. At night the bad weather returned, 
with a ftrong gale of wind at North Eaft, and 
very cold rain and fleet. 
This 
