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could not be at any very great distance, I took Mr. Mao 

 kay, and one of the Indians with me in order to overtake 

 them, but they had got so far that it would have been im- 

 prudent in me to have followed them. My Indians, who, 

 I believe, were terrified at the manner in which these na- 

 tives received them, informed me that, besides their hows, 

 arrows, and spears, they were armed with long knives, 

 and that they accompanied their strange antics with me- 

 nacing actions and loud shoutings. On my return, I found 

 my people indulging their curiosity in examining the bags 

 and baskets which the natives had left behind them. Some 

 of them contained their fishing-tackle ; such as nets, lines, 

 &c. others of a smaller size were filled with a red earth, 

 with which they paint themselves. In several of the bags 

 there were also sundry articles of which we did not know 

 the use. I prevented my men from taking any of them ; 

 and for a few articles of mere curiosity, which I took my- 

 self, I left such things in exchange as would be much more 

 useful to their owners. 



At four we left this place, proceeding with the stream 

 South-East three quarters of a mile, East-South-East one 

 mile, South three quarters of a mile, S c u th- S o u t h - W est 

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

 South-East one mile, South-South-West two miles, South- 

 South-East three miles and a quarter, East by North one 

 mile, South-South-East one mile and a quarter, with a 

 rapid, South-South-West three quarters of a mile, South 

 one mile and an half, South-East one mile and a quarter, 

 South three quarters of a mile, and South-South-East one 

 mile and an half. At half past seven we landed for the 

 night, where a small river flowed in from the right. The 

 weather was showery, accompanied with several loud claps 

 of thunder. The banks were overshadowed by lofty firs, 

 and wide-spreading cedars. 



Thursday 20. The morning was foggy, and at half 

 past four we proceeded with a South wind, South-East by 

 East two miles, South-South-East two miles and an half, 

 and South-South-West two miles. The fog was so thick, 

 that we could not see the length of our canoe, which ren- 

 dered our progress dangerous, as we might have come 

 suddenly upon a cascade or violent rapid. Our next 

 course was West-North- West two miles and an half, which 

 comprehended a rapid. Being close in with the left bank 

 of the river, we perceived two red deer at the very edge 



