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The latter informed us that his name was H., that he had come 

 out to Twelve-mile Creek, for the purpose of locating himself 

 there, and was in pursuit of a hired man, who had gone olf, with 

 some articles of his property, the night previous. With this re- 

 lation, and a boshu^ for the natives, with whom we had no means 

 of conversing, we continued our way, without further incident, to 

 Duck Creek, a distance of ten miles. We here struck the path, 

 which is one of the boundary lines, in the recent purchase from 

 the Winnebagoes. It is a deeply marked horse path, cutting 

 quite through the prairie sod, and so much used by the natives as 

 to prevent grass from gro\ving on it ; in this respect, it is as well- 

 defined a landmark as "blazed tree," or "saddle." The sur- 

 veyor appointed to run out the lines, had placed mile-posts on the 

 route, but the Winnebagoes, with a prejudice against the practice 

 which is natural, pulled up many, and defaced others. When 

 we had gone ten miles further, we began to see the glittering of 

 water through the trees, and we soon found ourselves on the 

 margin of a clear lake. I heard no name for this handsome 

 sheet of water. It is one of the four lakes, which are connected 

 with each other by a stream, and have their outlet into Eock 

 Eiver, through a tributary called the Guskihaw. We drove 

 through the margin of it, where the shores were sandy, and in- 

 numerable small unio shells were driven up. Most of these 

 small pieces appeared to be helices. Standing tent-poles, and 

 other remains of Indian encampments, appeared at this place. A 

 rock stratum, dark and weather-beaten, apparently sandstone, 

 jutted out into the lake. A little further, we passed to the left of 

 an abandoned village. By casting our eyes across the lake, we 

 observed the new position which had been selected and occupied 

 by the Winnebagoes. We often assign wrong motives, when we 

 undertake to reason for the Indian race ; but in the present in- 

 stance, we may presume that their removal was influenced by 

 too near a position to the boundary path. 



We drove to the second brook, beyond the lake, and encamped. 



Comfort in an encampment depends very much upon getting a 



* This term is in use by the Algic or Algonquin tribes, particiilarly by tlie 

 Chippewas. The Winnebagoes, -who have no equivalent for it, are generally ac- 

 quainted with it, although I am not aware that they have, to any extent, adopted 

 it. It has been supposed to be derived from the French bon jour. 



