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DKSCRIPTION OK I.OCAMTIKS IN THK ORDKR OK KXPLORA T ION. 



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'I lie nuiiiii ;il I \\'iliiii|i('y is ;i ll;it |m;i illc :il»iiat l'"» or .'.(» Iccf jilxivc I lie livcr. 



Th<- liril iiii'l hiiiiivN III' till- li'cit ItiviT III' till- Niiitli all' iiiiii|il\ ill I lir i'\l iriiir ainl lull 

 of .sliiiii|>> ai'il siia;;is. In si'iiiiiii;. w ln-ri' wi- iliil imt siiiU into iln- iiiinl liryoiiil |n»s>i 

 bilitv III \M>iU. Niiiijrs wi'icsiir' ti iiiti'i Iric. All iilil I'li'iir'i lislii'riiiiiii lias rlciircd tli(^ 

 nna^s IVuin a sImiI >lrrti'li nt' liaiiK. and licri- I'idiii iiiorniii., lil! ni;>'lit In- ilrai^s a scini' 

 over tlirsaiiu' ;:iiiiiiiil. iiiaUiiiL: almiil LMI liiiils iliiriii;: tin- day. I'ln- alMniilaiiic nf 

 tlalics is r\ idfiii I mm the lari that a nniiibrr a:c taUi-ii wiili i'\ • r.\ lianl. i'lir ininripal 

 gperii's alt' till- ;:i>ld eye (//""'""K ^^ liirli is stnuKnl and drii'd; tiic vaiimis snrkt-rs 

 and liMiralo; iln' pirkrid ! liiTc tin- spci-ics i.f Sfi:i>slnlion ^o Ity llii> iiaiiic); tlu' |»iUt' 

 (/itt( /('s . >tiir;;i'on. and ratlisli. Tiir last aif i-xtirint'ly alniiidaiil, and aii- taki'li in 

 quantity willi Land liiirs. 



Till- VVIiitc Mild l.'ivcr at W'l'Sthonnic is triWiitary tn I-aki- Manitniia. It is a 

 narinw >l n'ain.tiO to S(» feet w id«', and swilt. Tlici*' ai»' pt'lilily wet'dcovcii'd sffetriu's, 

 alteiiiatinji witli deep iiinddy jiools. 'I'lic ruiintiy aiioiit Wt'sthotinic si-i'iiis to ln' low 

 aud swampy. I.nviiis iKciitu is reported to ascend in such miiiibers to spawn tiiat tiiey 

 can 1)1- slioveled out. 



'Ilie .Assiiiibiiine at lirandoii meaiideis iliion;ili a valle.v almiit a mile wide. The 

 ■«treani itself is swilt and hi-twei ii J(»0 and .">(»<> I'ret wide. The enrreiit ilianni's with 

 ■very lu'iid, now appi'oarhin;:' one side, now aiiothri'. The iiottom of tin' stiraiii is 

 jravelly ill places, hut for the {^I'eater part the soft mud is i* or more feet deep. I did 

 loth'ani of any tisiiin;: here for the market. 



In onh'r to leaci. the <jMi'Api>eIle Ifiver it was neci'ssary to ride nearly L'O miles 

 )y 8taj;e. The road is over a wind swept prairie, with clumps of low shrubs. At 

 onger or shorter intervals there are siiallow depressions which resemliie enoriiiou.s 

 ;ink iioles of limestone countries. Nothing is seen of tiie <^>u"Apiielle Valley till one 

 sat its blink, where, about .{(HH'eet lielow the ;;eneial level of the praiiie. lies the 

 alley of the (.brAiipelie. or •• Wiio ('alls'' b'iver. The valley is over a mile wide and 

 s flanked l»y al)riij»l walls. It is occupied Ity a series of four lakes haviiiman avera;;e 

 leptli of about i:\ feet. The lattei' are connected by a swilt, clear stream only l.T 

 o 20 yards wide. They abound in lish. h'tlirnstoiim iiifinnn lloiirishes in |»crfectioii 

 lithe streain connecting; the lakes. Two species of wliitdish [<'i>riiii)niisj nn' taken 

 II tliese lakes, but I was unable to obtain any specimens. 



The country al»out liciiina is mostly a level prairi«'. Lacawana Creek is a small 

 troam about I \ards wide, its lied is \ cry muddy, so much so that it was almost 

 iipossible todiawaiiel. The liaiiks are abiiiidaiitly supplied with various water 

 eeds. Near the town the stream has been dainnied to form a ieser\oii' for the city, 

 he bank ol' the nservoir neaicNt the cily has a strii» of cliara about L'O t'eet wide. 

 liese rliara t'clds harliored thousands of /'/*/(r/)/M(/r.v and a iVw Knntlhi, ISelow the 

 im a single haul of the seine secured about a peck or more of l-!iiriillii. Only four 

 >ecies were taken at this place. Suckers, and especially jiikc (Lnriiis], are said to be 

 ary alnindaiit iliiriiiL; their brcedini; season or in the early sprin,u. 



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