JOURNAL 



A VOYAGE, &c. 



CHAPTER I. 



Embarked at Fort Chepewyan, on the Lake of the Hills, in 

 company with M. Le Roux. Account of the party, pro- 

 visions, £s?c. Direction of the course. Enter one of the 

 branches of the Lake. Arrive in the Peace River. Ap- 

 pearance of the land. Navigation of the river. Arrive 

 at the mouth of the Dog River. Successive description of 

 several carrying places. A canoe lost in one of the Falls. 

 Encamp on Point de Roche. Course continued. Set the 

 nets, &?c. Arrive at the Slave Lake. The weather ex- 

 tremely cold. Banks of the river described, with its trees, 

 soil, &c. Account of the animal productions, and the 

 fishery of the Lake. Obliged to wait till the moving of the 

 ice. Three families of Lndians arrive from Athabasca. 

 Beavers, geese, and swans killed. The nets endangered 

 by ice. Re-embark and land on a small island. Course 

 continued along the shores, and across the bays of the 

 Lake. Various successes of the hunters. Steer for an 

 island zuhere there was plenty of cranberries and small 

 onions. Kill several rein-deer. Land on an island named 

 Lsle a la Cache. Clouds of musquitoes. 



June, 1789.") \\T 

 Wednes. 3. 3 V V E embarked at nine o'clock in the morning, 



at Fort Chepewyan, on the South side of the Lake of the 



Hills, in latitude 58. 40. North, and longitude 110. 30. 



West from Greenwich, and compass has sixteen degrees 



variation East, in a canoe made of birch bark. The crew 



consisted of four Canadians, two of whom were attended 



by their wives, and a German ; we were accom panied also 



by an Indian, who had acquired the title of English Chief, 



Note. It is to be observed, that the Courses throughout the Journals 

 are taken by Compass, and that the Variation must be considered. 



