222 Geographical Notices. 
cess to Fort York, through Hudson’s Bay is only about two 
months open during the year. But the most commodious and 
most frequented road to the Red River over St. Paul and Crow 
Wing leads entirely through United States territory. In the 
English possessions the best connection between Lake Superior 
and the Red River would be established by country roads, the 
one from Lake Superior to Rainy Lake, the other from Lake of 
the Woods to the Red River. In regard to the first, however, 
‘nothing has as yet been done, and only in the latter district ex- 
and Lake of the Woods. This swamp sends the Reed nivel 
30 miles long, to the latter lake, and another little rapid mveh 
about 40 or 50 miles long, to lake Roseau. From the real 
Muskeg morass goes a little river westward into an extensive 
swamp, from which the Rat river issues. 
Gladman was relieved from his post as chief in April, 1858, 
and Napier also recalled about this time. But Hind went the 
same spring again with Dickinson, Fleming and Hine on another 
expedition known as the “ Assiniboine an Saskatchewan exp" 
ition.” Their object was to explore the regions west es 
Red River and Lake Winnipeg up to the Saskatchewan we. 
Before they arrived at Fort Garry, Dawson, Wells and Gaudet 
had already made some new surveys, around the Red river, 8 
Winnipeg, and the lower Assiniboine, and had just left for t ‘ 
lake district. This latter party went by way of Lake Manitobaa 
and Lake Winnipego-sis, over Mossy Portage toward Cedar vw 
Bourbon lake to the grand rapids of the Saskatchewan eb” 
At Mossy Portage they separated; Wells went over Lake ae 
pego-sis, Lake Dauphin, Lake Manitobah, the Little Saskatchew 
river, which he found to be 8 to 12 feet deep, 260 y ards wil’ 
