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venture fo far from Land, for they would rather 

 have gone fifty Leagues about; but at laft I over- 

 perfwaded 'em, by reprefenting that I would have 

 been very loth to venture my own Perfon, if I had 

 not been fufficiently provided againft all danger by 

 an exa# knowledge of the Winds and the Storms. 

 The Calm continuing, we made the River of Tbeo- 

 nontate on the 2jth, The next day there fprung up 

 a Gale from the Weft- fouth- weft, which kept us 

 back for four or five days ; but our ftop was of no 

 great advantage to us, for it rain'd fo heavily, that 

 we could not hunt. This Country is the ancient 

 Seat of the Hurons, as it appears from the Name they 

 give to their Nations in their own Language, viz* 

 Theonontateronons, u e. the Inhabitants oiThtonontate* 

 But after the Iroyuefe had, upon divers occafions, ta- 

 ken and defeated great numbers of 'em, the reft quit- 

 ted the Country to avoid the like Fate. We re- 

 embark'd on the 29th, and on the ift of July arrived 

 at Fort St. Jofepb, where the Soldiers I had left wait- 

 ed for us with great Impatience. Having landed 

 fome Sacks Corn at the Fort, we fet out again on 

 the 3d of July, and purfued 6ur Courfe with all di- 

 ligence, in order to an early Appearance in the Iro- 

 quefe Country. We fail'd through the Streight or 

 Neck, and flood to the South-fide, of the Lake Erie; 

 and being favoured by the Weather, arrived on the 

 17th in the River of Ccnde, which I fiiall have occa- 

 fion to take notice of in defcribing the Lakes of Ca- 

 nada. Immediately, upon our Landings the Savages 

 fell to work in cutting down Trees, and making a 

 Redoubt of Stakes, or Pales, for the Security of our 

 Canows and Baggage, and for a fafe Retreat to our 

 felves in cafe of neceffity. 



The 20th they march'd, each Man being provi. 

 ded with a light Covering, a Bow, and fome Arrows, I 

 (or elfea Fufee ) and a little Bag containing ten 

 pound weight of the Flowr of the Indian Corn. 



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