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the Jake from Red river to the mouth of the Saskatchewan, and during 
the whole time it was enabled to proceed only one entire day without 
interruption, and was obliged to spend three consecutive days and nights 
on a small island in the lake on account of a long continued and violent 
storm. On arriving at the mouth of the Saskatchewan it was found that 
he river was never known to be higher, and that the ascent over the rap- 
ids and up the current the whole distance to Cumberland House would 
be unusually difficult only a little more than four days were left; yet the 
party still hoped to be able to accomplish it against the time of the 
eclipse. e erew labored very hard in ascending the rapids, being 
obliged at some places to drag the canoe along close by the shore by 
