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leaving it on 15th, embarked for Isle a la Crosse, keeping a snrvev in 

 the Forks of the Athabasca Eiver, where he arrived on Ma}' 19th. 

 From Isle a la Crosse he proceeded directly to Kaministiquia, after- 

 ward known as Fort William, to which place the North- West Com- 

 pany had lately I'emoved its headquarters from Grand Portage. On 

 July 25th he again left Kaministiquia and |)roceeding now through 

 Lac Mille Lacs and Lac la Croix instead of down tlie St. Francis and 

 Rainy Rivers, he i-eached the mouth of the Saskatchewan River on 

 September 1st and Cumberland House on September 8th. From 

 here, on September 10th, he proceeded through Sturgeon Goose and 

 Athapupuskow Lakes to Cranberry Portage. At the narrows in 

 Cranberi-y Lake he left men to build a house. He himself went 

 on through Reed Lake, up the Little Swan River, and thi'ough Burnt- 

 wood Lake, reaching the Missinippi on September 30th, down which 

 he travelled for a short distance to an old fort, which was reached on 

 1st. After provisioning a house here he set off down the river and 

 arrived at Musquawegan on October 6th in Lat. 56° 13' 7", Long. 

 100° 25' 50", Var. 12° 30' east. He remained here till the following 

 spring, and his journal during the winter is filled with remarks about 

 the X. Y. and H. B. Companies and the fur trade generally. 



On May 27th and 28th, 1805, he made a journey to the post on 

 Indian Lake, in Churchill River, which he places in Lat. 56° 48' 20". 

 On June 1st he left Musquawegan and ascended to the forks of the 

 Missinippi, and from there, by Burnt-wood Portage, tiic, to Cumber- 

 land House, where he arrived on June 17th. Here he heard that the 

 N.W. and X.Y. Companies had united. Leaving Cumberland House 

 on June 23rd he returned to the fort on Cranberry Lake, where he 

 stayed till July 25th. On this date he set out for Deer Lake. He 

 carried across Cranberry Portage, paddled through Arthapupuskow 

 and Goose Lakes, up the Sturgeon- weir River to Beaver Lake, and on 

 to Trade (Frog) Portage, then down the Missinippi and up the Deer 

 River to Deer Lake, where he arrived on August 4th. Leaving Mr. 

 Frobisher at the lake to build a house, he returned to Cumberland, 

 where he arrived on August 24th- He remained here till Se])tember 

 10th, on which date he set off to Rat River by Ci'anberry Portage, 

 arriving at his destination on September 19th. Here he built a house 

 and i*emained dui-ing the winter up till June 10th, 1806. On this 

 date he set out for Cumberland, where he arrived on June 14tli. He 



