246 Thirty Year* 



ing, an assortment of iron materials, Leads, looking- 

 glasses, and other articles were put up in a conspicu- 

 ous situation for the Esquimaux, and the English 

 Union was planted on the loftiest sand-hill, where it 

 might be seen by any ships passing in the ofling. 

 Here also, was deposited in a tin box, a letter contain- 

 ing an outline of our proceedings, the latitude and 

 longitude of the principal places, and the course we 

 intended to pursue towards Slave Lake. 



Embarking at eight A. M. we proceeded up the 

 river, which is full of sandy shoals, but sufficiently 

 deep for canoes in the channels. It is from one hun- 

 dred, to two hundred yards wide, and is bounded by 

 high and steep banks of clay. We encamped at a 

 cascade of eighteen or twenty feet high, which is pro- 

 duced by a ridge of rock crossing the river, and the 

 nets were set. A mile below this cascade Hood's Eiver 

 is joined by a stream half its own size, which I have 

 called . I ,unes' Branch. Bear and deer tracts had been 

 numerous on (lie banks of the river when we were here 

 before, but not a single recent one was to be seen at this 

 time. Credit, however, killed a small deer at some 

 distance inland, which, with the addition of berries. 



furnished a delightful repast this evening. The 

 weather was remarkably fine, and the temperature so 

 mild, thai tlic musquitoes again made their appear- 

 ance, l » 1 1 1 not in any great numbers. Our distance 

 made to-dav was not mure than six miles, 



