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wyans, resort to this establishment. The latter 

 tribe were accustomed, formerly, to take their 

 furs to Churchill Factory, at Hudson's Bay. 

 They were, generally, six months in performing 

 the journey ; and many of them have actually 

 starved to death, on their return home, as the 

 country through which they passed, is almost des- 

 titute of game. — This lake is, in no part of it, more 

 than fifteen miles wide ; but it is, at least, two 

 hundred miles long, and extends eastwardly, to- 

 ward Churchill Factory. 



About sixty miles from this, down Slave River, 

 there are several places, where almost any quan- 

 tity of excellent, clean, white salt may be taken, 

 with as much ease, as sand, along the sea shore. 

 From these places, the greater part of the North 

 West is supplied with this valuable article. 



The country around this place, is low and lev- 

 1, and, in the spring of the year, much of it is cov- 

 red with water. A few moose are found, in this 

 icinity ; but, the fish of the lake form the princi- 

 pal dependence for food, and they are abundant, 

 and of an excellent quality. — Every fall and spring, 

 bustards and geese are found in greater numbers, 

 than in any other part of the North West. 



Wednesday, 21. Ever since my arrival in this 

 place, people, from almost every corner of this 

 extensive department, have been flocking in, some 



