Spent night at W. end of Brule lake, 7/24/15. NW. wind. 



Left South Brule cabin and went west on Brule river to 

 Brule lake. Found portages in very good shape, with the 

 exception of the two last ones, which need some repairs. 

 Went on to west end of the lake and pitched tent for the night. 

 Saw seven moose on our trip so far, two bulls, four cows 

 and one calf. We noticed that there is a great deal of the 

 balsam and spruce turning red; apparently some worm is 

 working on them, killing them out. This has been a fine day 

 and the flies did not bother much. 



Spent night at N. end of Cherokee lake, 7/25/15. 



Left west end of Brule lake and portaged into Temperance 

 lake; had some trouble finding the portages from Temperance 

 into Cherokee, for they have not been cleaned out for years. 

 Very pretty lakes on this route. Saw more moose today; had 

 a race with a large bull could have hit him with the paddle. 

 Lots of beaver in this country; they have dams on most all 

 the small lakes and creeks; it looks as though they are get- 

 ting very plentiful. This has been a very fine day for such a 

 trip as this. Pitched tent about five o'clock. 



Spent night at North lake, 7/26/15. Wind, a. m., NW.; p. 

 m., SE. 



Left Cherokee lake and went north into Long Island lake; 

 portages in good shape here. Kept going north into Snipe 

 lake and then into Ham lake, from there on down Cross river 

 to the railroad. We had to portage our canoe and packs 

 three miles into the west end of Gunflint lake. We kept on the 

 old right-of-way all the way, but it is getting pretty well grown 

 up and needs cleaning out. Arrived at North lake cabin about 

 8 p. m. Met Gust L. Peterson and spent night. 



Spent night at North lake, 7/27/15. SW. wind. 



Stayed here all day. Took the forms out of chimney but 

 still it smoked. So we put out the fire, and took a long drift 

 bolt and hammer and chiseled out about two pails of cement, 

 so as to give more draft. Tried it again and found it worked 

 much better. We made a cupboard to hold dishes and other 

 things. Gust made two stools and one bench on wet days 

 that he was around here. It is raining a little here today. 



Spent night at South Brule, 7/28/15. SW. wind. 



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