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Journal of a Voyage through the 



The Indians killed five young swans, and a beaver. Therft 

 was an appearance of rain. 



Friday 22. The weather was cold, with a strong Eas- 

 terly wind and frequent showers, so that we were detained 

 in our station. In the afternoon the Indians got on the 

 track of a moose-dee, but were not so fortunate as to over- 

 take it. 



Saturday 22. The wind veered round to the Westward, 

 and continued to blow strong and cold. We, however, 

 renewed our voyage, and, in three hours reached the en- 

 trance of the Slave Lake, under half sail ; with the paddle, 

 it would have taken us at least eight hours. The Indians 

 did not arrive till four hours after us ; but the wind was 

 so violent, that it was not expedient to venture into the 

 lake ; we therefore set a net and encamped for the night* 

 The women gathered large quantities of the fruit, already 

 mentioned, called Pathagomenan, and cranberries, crow- 

 berries, mooseberries, he. The Indians killed two swans 

 and three geese. 



Sunday 23. The net produced but five small pike, and 

 at five we embarked, and entered the lake by the same 

 channel through which we had passed from it. The South* 

 West side would have been the shortest, but we were not 

 certain of there being plenty of fish along the coast, and 

 we were sure of finding abundance of them in the course 

 we preferred. Besides, I expected to find my people at 

 the place where I left them, as they had received orders 

 to remain there till the fall. 



We paddled along way into a deep bay to get the wind, 

 and having left our mast behind us, we landed to cut an- 

 other. We then hoisted sail and were driven on at a great 

 rate. At twelve the wind and swell were augmented to 

 such a degree, that our under yard broke, but luckily the 

 mast thwart resisted, till we had time to fasten down the 

 yard with a pole, without lowering sail. We took in a 

 large quantity of water, and had our mast given way, in ail 

 probability, we should have filled and sunk. Our course 

 continued to be very dangerous, along a flat lee shore, 

 without being able to land till three in the afternoon. Two 

 men were continually employed in bailing out the water 

 which we took in on all sides. We fortunately doubled a 

 point that screened us from the wind and swell, and en* 

 camped for the night, in order to wait for our Indians. 

 We then set our nets, made a yard and mast, and gummed 



