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against or superimposed upon the west side of those be- 

 neath, leading to the inference that the current which 

 directed the course of the ice which bore them, came 

 here, as on the other side of the summit level in the 

 valley, from the west. 



Ridges, with Boulders, on the East and West side of the height of land in the 

 Qu'appelle Valley, 



About fourteen miles from the South Branch there is a 

 gigantic erratic of unfossiliferous rock on the south side of 

 the valley. It is seventy-nine feet in horizontal circum- 

 ference, three feet from the ground ; and a tape stretched 

 across the exposed portion, from side to side over the 

 highest point, measured forty-six feet. The Indians place 

 on it offerings to Manitou, and at the time of our visit it 

 contained beads, bits of tobacco, fragments of cloth, and 

 other trifles. 



At noon I bade farewell to Mis-tick-oos, and joining the 

 carts we wended our way by the side of " the Eiver that 

 Turns," occupying the continuation of the Qu'appelle 

 valley, to the South Branch of the Saskatchewan. The 

 carts were accompanied by several Indians, who watched 

 with much curiosity the progress of taking the levels, 

 and were very anxious to know what " medicine" I was 



