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CHAP. XXI. 



FROM FORT A LA CORNE, DOWN" THE SASKATCHEWAN, TO 

 THE GRAND RAPID AND LAKE WINNIPEG. 



Departure from Fort a, la Corne. — Object of the Expedition. — Equipment. 

 — " Bull-Boats." — Birch-bark Canoes. — General Direction, Current, and 

 Breadth of the Saskatchewan. — Character of its Valley. — Country 

 through which the Biver flows well adapted for Settlement. — Pem- 

 mican Portage. — Cumberland House. — Description of Cumberland. — 

 The Saskatchewan and surrounding Country between Cumberland and 

 the Pas. — Indian Hunter. — Sturgeon. — The Pas. — Christ Church. — 

 Gradual Depression of the Country bordering the River. — Alluvial Flats. 

 — Marshes. — Delta. — Muddy Lake. — Rock Exposure. — Marshes and Mud 

 Flats. — Cedar Lake : its Situation and Dimensions. — Surrounding Coun- 

 try. — The Saskatchewan between Cedar Lake and Lake Winnipeg. — Cross 

 Lake Rapid : its Dimensions. — Enter Cross Lake. — Meet a Brigade of 

 Boats. — Cross Lake : its Dimensions and Altitude. — Surrounding Coimtry. 

 — The Saskatchewan east of Cross Lake. — Rapids : their Dimensions. — 

 Smooth Reach. — Drift Clay Banks. — The Grand Rapid : Portage j 

 Running the Rapid ; its Dimensions ; Character of its Excavated Bed ; 

 Magnificence of the Upper Portion of the Cataract j Mode of Ascending 

 it ; Remarks in Relation to surmounting this Barrier and making the 

 Saskatchewan available for Steam Navigation. — Indian Encampment. — 

 Lake Winnipeg. 



mr. Fleming's narrative. 



Dear Sir, — On the 9th of August, 1858, we set out from 

 Fort a la Corne to continue the canoe voyage down the 

 main Saskatchewan to Lake Winnipeg, thence to coast 

 along the western shore of that lake to the Eed Eiver. The 

 principal object of this journey was to complete the track- 

 survey and reconnaissance of the Saskatchewan, which had 

 been began at the Elbow of the South Branch, and to 

 survey and examine the west coast of Lake Winnipeg 



