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CHAP. XXII. 



FROM THE GRAND RAPID OF THE SASKATCHEWAN TO THE 

 RED RIVER SETTLEMENTS vid THE WEST COAST OF LAKE 

 WINNIPEG. 



Enter Lake Winnipeg. — Cape Kitclii-nashi. — Storms. — Detained on an 

 Island. — Windbound on the Mainland. —Tempest. — Repulsed by the Wind. 

 — Character of the Coast : the Sand Beaches and Swamps. — War Path 

 River. — Verifying Rate of Canoe. — Indians. — Tracking. — Limestone 

 Point. — Encountering a head Wind and Storm. — Lightening Canoe. — 

 Starving Indians. — The Little Saskatchewan. — The Prominent Features 

 of the Coast. — Formation of Cape Kitchi-nashi. — Limestone Exposures. 

 — Tributary Streams. — General Character of the Country. — Indians and 

 Fishery at Little Saskatchewan. — Indian Chart. — Inaccuracy of the Maps 

 of the Lake. — Depart from the Little Saskatchewan.— Windbound again 

 for three Days. — Provisions exhausted. — Contrary Winds. — Driven back 

 and stopped. — The Cat Head. — Windbound again by a Hurricane. — Barrier 

 of Boulders. — Eagle. — Stopped by foul Winds again at the Wicked 

 Point. — Pike Head and River. — Indian Fishing- Weir. — Opportune Supply 

 of Fish. — Wide Traverse to Grindstone Point. — Grassy Narrows. — Sandy 

 Bar. — Arrive at the Settlements. — Conclusion. 



MR. FLEMING'S NARRATIVE (continued). 



It was on the evening of Sunday the 22nd August, 

 1858, that we glided from the mouth of the Saskatchewan 

 into Lake Winnipeg, but our voyage through this great 

 inland sea was not fairly begun until the following morn- 

 ing, when we embarked at an early hour (4.20 a.m.) in 

 our little canoe. Being favoured with a light breeze for 

 a few hours we reached the neck of the great promontory, 

 Cape Kitchi-nashi, about noon. From the mouth of the 

 Saskatchewan to this point the coast trends to the south- 

 east, and is indented in a remarkable manner by a series 

 of deep bays of every shape and size. As it would re- 



