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vered with snow to the South-East. The land on our 

 right was low and marshy for three or four miles, when it 

 rose into a range of heights that extended to the moun- 

 tains. We proceeded East-South-East a mile and an half, 

 South-East by East one mile, East by South three quarters 

 of a mile, South-East by East one mile, East by South half 

 a mile, North-East by East one . mile, South-East half a 

 mile, East-North-East a mile and a quarter, South-South- 

 East half a mile, North-North-East a mile and an half : 

 here a river flowed in from the left, which was about one- 

 fourth part as large as that which received its tributary 

 waters. We then continued East by South half a mile, 

 to the foot of. the mountain on the South of the above 

 river. The course now veered short, South- West by 

 West three quarters of a mile, East by South a quarter of 

 a mile, South half a mile, South-East by South half amile, 

 South-West a quarter of a mile, East by South a quarter 

 of a mile, veered to West-North- West a quarter of amile, 

 South- West one eighth of a mile, East-South-East one 

 quarter of a mile, East one sixth of a mile, South-South- 

 West one twelfth of a mile, East-South-East one eighth of 

 a mile, North-Eastby East one third of a mile, East by 

 North one twelfth of a mile, North-East by East one third 

 of a mile, East one sixteenth of a mile, South-East one 

 twelfth of a mile, North East by East one twelfth of a 

 mile, East one eighth of a mile, and East-South-East half 

 a mile, when we landed at seven o'clock and encamped. 

 During the greatest part of the distance we came to-day, 

 the river runs close under the mountains on the left. 



Tuesday 11. The morning was clear and cold. On 

 my interpreter's encouraging the guide to dispel all ap- 

 prehension, to maintain his fidelity to me, and not to de- 

 sert in the night, " How is it possible for me," he replied, 

 " to leave the lodge of the Great Spirit ! — When he tells 

 " me that he has no further occasion for me, I will then 

 " return to my children." As we proceeded, however, 

 he soon lost, and with good reason, his exalted notions of 

 me. 



At four we continued our voyage, steering East by 

 South a mile and an half, East-South-East, half a mile. 

 A river appeared on the left, at the foot of a mountain 

 which, from its conical form, my young Indian called the 

 Beaver Lodge Mountain. Having proceeded South- 

 South-East half a mile, another river appeared from the 



