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breath in getting clear of the brush}^ part of the way, till reaching 

 the end of the first pause^ or resting-place. Here I met the 

 Governor (Cass), who facetiously said: "Yon see I am carrying 

 tivo pieces," alluding to his canoe slippers, which he held in his 

 hands. " A 'piece^'' in the trade, is the back load of the engagee. 



On reaching the termination of the second "pause," or rest, we 

 found ourselves on a very elevated part of the shore of Lake 

 Superior, The view was limitless, the horizon only bounding 

 the prospect. The waves rolled in long and furious swells from 

 the west. To embark was impossible, if we had had our bag- 

 gage all brought up, which was not the case. The day was quite 

 spent before the transportation was completed. This delay gave 

 us an opportunity to ramble about, and examine the shore. In 

 a boulder of serpentine rock, I found an imbedded mass of native 

 copper, of two pounds' weight. On breaking the stone, it proved 

 to be bound together by thin filaments of this metal. Small 

 water-worn fragments of chalcedony, agate, carnelian, and other 

 species of the quartz family were found strewn along the beach, 

 together with fragments of zeolite. Masses of the two former 

 minerals were also found imbedded in amygdaloid and trap-rock, 

 thu^ denoting the parent beds of rock. In the zeal which these 

 little discoveries excited on the subject of mineralogy, the Chip- 

 pewa, Ottowa, and Shawnee Indians attached to the expedition 

 participated, and' as soon as they were made acquainted with the 

 objects sought, they became successful explorers. They had 

 noticed my devotion to the topic, from the time of our passing 

 the Islands of Shawangunk, Michilimackinac, and Flat-rock Point, 

 in the basin of Lake Huron, where organic forms were chiselled 

 from the rock ; and bestOAved on me the name of Paguabe- 

 kieo-ai.* 



It turned out the next morning, that the whole of the baggage 

 and provisions had not been brought up, nor any of the canoes. 

 This work was early commenced by the men. About half the 

 day was employed in the necessary toil. When it was concluded, 

 the wind on the lake had become too high, blowing in an adverse 

 direction, to permit embarkation, Nothing remained but to sub- 



* The equivalent of geologist or mineralogist, from pagua, a tabulai* surface ; 

 aubik, a rock ; and ega, the active voice of the verb to strike. 



