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A JOURNEY TO. THE - 
was waiting at the crofling-place with fome furrs 
=v) for Matonabbee, who was fo nearly related to the 
July. 
asth. 
old man as to be his.fon-in-law, having one of his 
daughters for a wife. The old man had another 
with him, who was alfo offered to the great man, 
but not accepted. 
Our ftay at this place may be faid to have been 
of very fhort duration; for on feeing a large 
fmoke to the Southward, we immediately crofled 
the river, and walked towards it, when we found 
that the women had indeed been there fome days _ 
before, but were gone; and at their departure 
had fet the mofs on fire, which was then burning, 
and occafioned the {moke we had feen. By this 
time the afternoon was far advanced; we purfued, 
however, our courfe in the direction which the 
women took, for their track we could eafily dif. 
cover in the mofs. We had not gone far, before 
we faw another {moke at a great diftance, for 
which we fhaped our courfe; and, notwithftand- 
ing we redoubled our pace, it was eleven o’clock 
at night before we reached it ; when, toour great 
mortification, we found it to be the place where 
the women had flept the night before; having in 
the morning, at their departure, fet fire to the 
mofs which was then burning. 
The Indians, finding that their wives were fo 
near as to be within one of their ordinary day’s 
walk, which feldom exceeded ten or twelve miles, 
determined not to reft till they had joined them, 
Accordingly 
