1 ©4 Some New Voyages 



LETTER XVI. 



Dated at Miffilimakinac, May 28. 1689. 



Containing an Account of the Authors Departure 

 from, and Return to, Millilimakinac. A De- 

 fer ipt ion of the Bay 0/Puants, and its Villages. 

 An ample Defcription of the Beavers ; follow d 

 ly the Journal of a remarkable Voyage upon the 

 Long River \ and a Map of the adjacent Country. 



SIR, 



♦T^Hank God, lam now returned from my Voy- 

 JL age upon the Long River, which falls into the 

 River of Mijfififi. I would willingly have trae'd it 

 up to its Source, if feveral Obftacles had not flood 

 in my way. I fet out from hence the 24th of Sept. 

 accompany'd with my own Detachment, and the 

 five Huntfmen I mentioned in my laft j who indeed 

 did me a great deal of Service. All the Soldiers were 

 provided with new Canows loaded with Provifions 

 and Ammunition, and fuch Commodities as are pro- 

 per for the Savages. The Wind, which ftood then 

 in the North, wafted me in three days to the Bay of 

 T out ecuat amis, that lay forty Leagues off. The mouth 

 of that Bay is in a manner choak'd with Ifles, and 

 the Bay it felf is ten Leagues broad, and twenty five 

 Leagues long. 



The 29th we cams to a little deep fort of a River, 

 which difembogues at a place where the Water of 

 the Lake fwells three foot high in twelve hours, and 

 decreafes as much in the fame compafs of time. Our 

 tarrying there three or four days gave me an oppor- 

 tunity of making this Remark, The Villages of the 

 Sak® } the VmttGuatawiS) and feme ■ Malominis, are 



feated 



