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pine shores, for which, as our maps afforded neither Indian nor 

 French name, we made use of the circumstance of Mr. John- 

 ston's landing to fire at a deer, to name it after him. On going 

 out of this lake, we had our attention excited by an unextin- 

 guished fire, on the banks of the outlet. But no person appear- 

 ed, nor w r as there any canoe ashore, nor lodge-poles, which 

 there would have been, in the case of a travelling Chippewa 

 family. These evidences were deemed conclusive by the ca- 

 noe-men, of the presence of Sioux, who, it is supposed, percei- 

 ving the character of the party, had concealed themselves. And 

 the circumstance was suited to alarm a class of men, who, be- 

 ing of the Gallic-Chippewa race, retain very strong attachments 

 to the Chippewas, and have imbibed with very little abatement, 

 all the prejudices which this people feel for a powerful heredi- 

 tary enemy. 



An hour's voyage from this spot brought us to the entrance 

 and merely to the entrance of the eleventh, and last lake of the 

 series called Kaichibo Sagitowa, or the Lake which the River 

 passes through one End of, or Lake Leelina. Not many miles 

 below this point, the river forms its first forks, by the junction 

 of Shell river, a considerable stream of nearly equal size with 

 itself. Below this point, there is always water enough, although 

 the channel exhibits numerous rapids, and is often spread over 

 a wide bed, giving rise to shallows. We descended about four- 

 teen miles below the junction, and encamped. It was after 

 eight o'clock when we put ashore. The rain had fallen, with 

 steadiness for some hours previous. And the flashes of light- 

 ning, which lit up the sombre channel of the stream, excited a 

 feeling of no very pleasant kind. We landed wet, cold and 

 cheerless. The rain continued to fall. But the cheerfulness 

 and activity of our canoe-men did not desert them. They 

 searched among the prostrate vegetation, to discover dry fibres, 

 or the unwetted parts that could be pulled from the nether rind 

 of fallen trees. They ignited the mass with spunk, and soon 

 sent up the gladdening flames of an ample camp fire. To pitch 



