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On April ITtli, 1809, he removed a short distance down the river 

 and camped till the 27th. He then descended the Columbia River 

 in a canoe, the hoi'ses being at the .same time driven through the 

 woods to the Mountain Portage, and crossed the Mountains to the 

 Saskatchewan, reaching Kootaiiie Plain on June 13th. During the 

 winter he had obtained in all, about 40 packs of furs. At the Koo- 

 tanie Plain a canoe was built and some of the furs being put into it 

 he started down the river reaching Foi-t Augustus on June 24th, 

 On the 27th two canoes were sent eastward with his furs, but he him- 

 self remained at the fort till July ISth. On this date having sent the 

 canoes up the Saskatchewan a day oi- two before him, he set off on 

 hoi'seback towards the mountains and caught up to and joined the 

 canoes near the mouth of Wolf Creek, .sending the hoi'ses back as they 

 had come. Travelling up the river he reached Kootanie Plain on 

 August 3rd. Here he remained till the i^th, ai-ranging the [tacks for 

 the journey across the mountains, and on this date he started west- 

 ward on horseback. Next day he met Mr. Howse, an officer of the 

 North-West Company, who had left Fort Augustus a short time before 

 on an exploi'ing trip, I'eturning again to the east. On the 11th he 

 crossed the height of Land, and on the 1 3th reached the " Kootanie " 

 (Columbia) River. Ascending this river he reached INIcGillivray's 

 portage on the 20th and started down the Kootanie River, and on 

 the 29th reached the Great Road of the Flatheads, where he had come 

 to the large camp of these Indians in the spring of 1808. On Septem- 

 ber 6th, having obtained horses from the Indians he set out towaixls 

 the south and reached Pend d' Oreille Lake on the 8th, and next day 

 the mouth of Clark's Fork, where it empties into the lake, near which 

 there was a large camp of Indians. On the 10th he found a spot on a 

 peninsula on the ea.st side of the lake in Lat. 4"^^' 12' 14', where he 

 built a house. He himself remained here for about two weeks to see 

 that building operations were being pushed on as quickly as possible. 

 On the 27th he rode around the south side of the lake and a short 

 distance down the river flowing from it, i-etiirning to the house on 

 October 6th. On the 1 1th he again set off on horse-back, and travell- 

 ed for a considerable distance in a south-easterly dii'ection up the 

 Seleesh River or Clark's Fork. Turning from this livei- he travelled 

 first north-east and then north-west, till he reached the Kootanie 

 River above the Falls, where having obtained canoes he descended 



