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RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



CHAP. VII. 



THE WEST AND EAST BANKS OF RED RIVER, BETWEEN 

 FORT GARRY AND THE BOUNDARY LINE. 



La Riviere Sale. — Pembina Mountain. — Scratching River. — Pembina Port. 

 — Pembina. — The Roseau River. — Ancient Lake Ridge. — Roseau Lake. 

 — Route to the Lake of the Woods. — Meet an Indian. — Indian idea of 

 Money.— Crossing place at the Roseau. — Indian Wigwams. — Ancient 

 Lake Ridge. — Prairie Hens. — Indian Snares. — Still Water Creek. — Rat 

 River. — The Nine Mile Swamp. — Mr. Pierre Gladieux. — Half-breed Po- 

 liteness and Hospitality. — La Riviere Seine. — Character of the Country. 

 — Indian Scruples. 



As soon as I returned from Prairie Portage preparations 

 were made for an exploration of the Eoseau or Eeed-grass 

 Eiver, with a view to ascertain whether a communication 

 might be effected between the Lake of the Woods and 

 Eed Eiver, as well as to ascertain the limit of the paleozoic 

 rocks, and their junction with the metamorphic series on 

 which they rest. On the 21st September, accompanied 

 by my assistant, Mr. Fleming, I started from our quarters 

 in the Middle Settlement. Our equipment consisted of 

 three men, five horses, and a Eed Eiver cart. We crossed 

 the Assinniboine by the ferry at Fort Garry, and took the 

 road on the west side of the river to Pembina. 



The country lying to the west of Eed Eiver was 

 examined by Mr. Dickinson in 1858, and, for the sake of 

 uniformity, his observations are incorporated in the de- 

 scription which follows, of La Eiviere Sale, and an exten- 

 sive range of table-land called Pembina Mountain. 



Mne miles above Fort Garry, La Eiviere Sale joins with 

 the main stream. The buffalo hunters' trail to the great 



