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vhich we never neglected, when stationary on the sab- 
rath, 
The united length of the portages we have crossed, 
‘ince leaving Fort Providence, is twenty-one statute 
niles and a half; and as our men had to traverse 
‘ach portage four times, with a load of one hundred 
nd eighty pounds, and return three times light, they 
valked in the whole upwards of one hundred and fifty 
niles. The total length of our voyage from Chipew- 
ran is five hundred and fifty three-miles.* 
A fire was made on the south side of the river to 
nform the chief of our arrival, which spreading before 
. strong wind, caught the whole wood, and we were 
ompletely enveloped in a cloud of smoke for the three 
ollowing days. 
On the next morning our voyagers were divided into 
wo parties, the one to cut the wood for the building 
f a store house, and the other to fetch the meat as 
ast as the hunters procured it. An interpreter was 
ent with Keskarrah, the guide, to search for the In- 
lians who had made the fire seen on Saturday, from 
vhom we might obtain some supplies of provision. 
Statute Miles. 
* Stony and Slave Rivers - - - - 260 
Slave Lake - - - - - - - - 107 
Yellow-Knife River - - : - - - 156.5 
Barren country between the source of the Yellow- 
Knife River and Fort Enterprize -  - - 29.5 
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