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rounding the Point, entered the Nelson River, which he ascended, 

 making as careful a survey as possible of the route, till he i-eached 

 Seepaywisk House, on October 8th, which he places in Lat. 55"^ 3', 

 15", Long. 94^^ 41' 30". Here he remained till May 28th, 179.-!, trading 

 with the Indians and keeping a careful meteorological register. On 

 the above date he left Seej^aywisk and crossed to Chatham House, on 

 Chatham Lake, which house he. places in Lat. 55° 23' 40", Long. 97° 

 45' 34". On May 31st, he left Chatham and ti*avelled in a westerly 

 direction to Burnt-wood River, up which he travelled to Burnt-wood 

 Lake, then round to Missinippi River, which he ascended, intending 

 to proceed to Reindeer Lake. He was, however, unable to find the 

 Indians whom he expected to meet, and in Latitude, 55° 35' 20", 

 Longitude, 102° 10' 49", he turned back and made his way down the 

 Chui-chill and Nelson Rivers to York Factory, which he reached on 

 July 21st. This is the only instance that I can find in his long 

 cai'eer of travel and adventure where he set out with the intention of 

 reaching a certain point and returned before he had accomplished his 

 purpose, though, as will shortly appear, he performed the journey a 

 few years afterwards. On September 1st, of this year, (1793) he 

 started to ascend the Ha3''s River on his way to tlie Saskatchewan, 

 the mouth of which he reached on September 22nd, and Cumberland 

 House, on October the 5th. On October the 8th he left Cumberland 

 House, and ascended the Saskatchewan to the Forks, when he turned 

 up the South Branch, and after three days travel, reached South 

 Branch House on October 1 8th. Here, he took horses and journey- 

 ing overland i-eached Manchester House on October 18th, and Buck- 

 ingham House on October 31st. Of these three places, the first was 

 situated on the South Saskatchewan River, not far from Batoche's 

 Crossing, while the other two were on the North Saskatchewan ; 

 Manchester House, being three-and-a-half miles below the mouth of 

 Horse Creek, in Tp. 48, R. 21st, west of the 3rd Initial meridian 

 and Buckingham House, four miles above the mouth of Moose Creek, 

 about the line between Ranges five and six, west of the fourth Initial 

 meridian. He afterwards rode out to the Beaver Hills and reached 

 Buckingham House again on November 29th. There he remained 

 till the following Spring, keeping, as usual, a meteorological register, 

 taking observations for latitude and longitude, and working out his 

 former traverses by latitude and departure when not engaged in 

 trading with the Indians. 



