368 ASSINNIBOINE AND SASKATCHEWAN EXPEDITION. 



CHAR XVII. 



FKOM THE QU'APPELLE MISSION TO FORT ELLICE, DOWN 

 THE QU'APPELLE RIVER. 



The Second Fishing Lake — Depth of. — Indian Map. — Origin of name 

 Qu'appelle, or u Who calls River. " — The First Lake, or Pakitawiwin. — 

 Great Depth of First Lake. — Fish. — Confervse. — Depth of Valley. — 

 Width of River. — High- water Mark. — Valley flooded. — Affluents. — 

 Depth of Valley. — Crooked Lake, or Ka-wa-wa-ki-ka-mac — Dimensions 

 of. — Effects of Fires. — Trees in Valley. — Boulders. — Character of the 

 Country. — Indian Surprise. — Indians. — Summer Berry Creek. — Dimen- 

 sions of Valley. — Valley and Prairie Scene. — Camp Scene. — Character of 

 Valley. — Ka-wah-wi-ya-ka-mac, or Round Lake — Dimensions of. — 

 Stony Basin. — Granite Boulders. — Little Cut- Arm Creek. — The Scissors 

 Creek. — Rock Exposure. — Grasshoppers. — Big Cut- Arm Creek. — Di- 

 mensions of Qu'appelle. — Flooding of Valley. — Timber. — Undergrowth 

 — Birds. — Minks. — Deer. — Uniformity of Qu'appelle Valley. — Table 

 showing the dimensions of the Qu'appelle Valley and Qu'appelle Lakes. 



mr. Dickinson's narrative. 



Dear Sir, — Soon after parting from you on the morn- 

 ing of July 20th, at the Church of England Mission in the 

 Qu'appelle Valley, my instruments for surveying, with 

 watch, a magnetic compass, a log line and sounding line, 

 all arranged for ready use, and a cargo of kettles, pans, 

 pemmican and blankets stowed away, our little canoe com- 

 menced its voyage down the river. In half an hour we 

 reached the lake, which is generally called the second of 

 the Fishing Lakes. Before venturing to go down it we 

 were obliged to stop for the purpose of gumming the 

 canoe, as it was leaking more than was desirable. To save 

 time we took breakfast here. The distance between this 

 lake and the one at the Mission is a mile and a half, while 



