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longitude. The position om elevation | 
of this lake make it an = a of geographi- | 
cal interest. It is 
h, it 
cumference and contents, it is so desirable 
to 
The last of the cattle which had been 
driven ia the Dalle Ss was was killed here for 
ourse ; conse 
f la arge cotton-wood, which we 
could see ie the mouth of 8 sted indica- 
ted it was a stream onsiderable 
} size; and, “sibel we had the e pleasure 
to gl re country 
where an ben oe’ Sond “it Accom- 
r, three or four Indians m the 
on 
rail We had an ee pba conversation 
in si and then moved on toget 
Bobeees the chief ary Was 
he bottom 
st lake to the se 
ith our 
ich | diately rama in numbers ; so weer the 
s whole cir- | fi 
us44, 
fish to trade, which we had the inexpressible 
satisfaction to find was a salmon trout; we 
round him eagerly. Lone Indians 
were amused wi mme- 
more than was i poling 
>| safety, — ie s thei 
they made 
as main- 
tained among the people, and wide ir ata 
time M45 ag kept on guard during the nich 
o- | There 
3 geo uniformly preserved, conducted 
F party: ce bieough Indians famed 
| fo tre 
the: mean time, such a salmon-trout 
as as is seldom seen was going on in our 
am 
| whites before not be certain; om 
they ~ evidently | in communication with 
| others who as one 0) 
beats | “oslo veral other 
| articles of i eiviheed ac nufacture Weecoul 
from them but bg ie information re- 
the country. made on the 
ground a desing a of the hes which they 
represented lake ip 
