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the devil if I was to meet him." But tradition says 

 that the Indians warned him truly, and that in de- 

 scending the heavy rapids of the discharge of Lake St. 

 John his canoe was overturned, both he and his family 

 were drowned, and the murder of the "river -man" 

 was avenged. 



About a week's journey up the river are the Grosse 

 Chaudiere Falls, or rather succession of falls, varying 

 in height from ten to thirty feet each. Several years 

 ago, so the Indians say, a sorcerer, after making cer- 

 tain incantations, shot safely over all this series of 

 frightful falls in his canoe. At the foot of the big 

 falls is a splendid pool for ouananiche, from which 

 some very large specimens of the fish have been taken 

 by Mr. B. A. Scott, the late Dr. Lundy, and others. 

 It is possible that they may be found still higher up 

 the stream, but I have not been able to obtain any 

 positive proof of their existence there. 



The upper waters of this river are referred to in the 

 chapter on Lake Mistassini. 



