226 A JOURNEY TO THE 



1771. Anaw'd Whoie,^ or the Indian Lake. In our way we crossed 

 ^^"^ " part of Methy Lake,^ and walked near eighty miles on a small 

 river belonging to it, which empties itself into the Great 

 Athapuscow' Lake.* While we were walking [212] on the 

 above little river, the Indians set fishing-nets under the ice every 

 night ; but their labour was attended with so little success, that 

 all they caught served only as a delicacy, or to make a little 

 change in our diet ; for the quantity was too trifling to occasion 

 any considerable saving of our other provisions. 



Anaw'd Lake, though so small as not to exceed twenty 

 miles wide in the broadest part, is celebrated by the natives 

 for abounding with plenty of fish during the Winter ; accord- 

 ingly the Indians set all their nets, which were not a few, and 

 met with such success, that in about ten days the roes only 

 were as much as all the women could haul after them. 



Tittimeg and barbie, with a few small pike, were the only 

 fish caught at this part ; the roes of which, particularly those 

 of the tittimeg, are more esteemed by the Northern Indians, 

 to take with them on a journey, than the fish itself ; for about 

 two pounds weight of these roes, when well bruised, will make 

 near four gallons of broth, as thick as common burgoe ; and 

 if properly managed, will be as white as rice, which makes it 

 very pleasing to the eye, and no less agreeable to the palate. 



The land round this lake is very hilly, though not moun- 



[* Mr. Harding informs me this is a lake lying a short distance south of 

 Mackay Lake, and now known as " Lake of the Enemy." Anaw'd is doubtless 

 the same word as Enna, which is the Chipewyan name for a Cree Indian. 



Away to the west of this another large lake is indicated on the map, 

 doubtless from the reports of the Indians, but no name is attached to it. On 

 the Cook map this western lake is called Edlande Lake.] 



[* L'abbe Petitot states {pp. cit., p. 143) that there are five rivers flowing into 

 the north side of McLeod Bay of Great Slave Lake, and the little stream 

 which flows from Methy Lake is doubtless one of these, and possibly Hoar- 

 frost River. In that case Methy Lake is almost certainly Cook Lake, which 

 agrees with Hearne's description inasmuch as it lies just within the edge of 

 the woods.] 



* The course of this river is nearly South West. 



[» Great Slave Lake.] 



