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The courfe from the fort at the Narrows to the 

 end of this traverfe is eaft, north-eaft •, from thence 

 you turn to the north by way of the eaft, and fo 

 round till you come to the fouth for four leagues, 

 at the end of which you find on your right a vil- 

 lage of the Miftifaguy Indians, feated on a fertile 

 foil at the entry of three magnificent meadows, and 

 in the mo ft charming fituation that can be ; from 

 thence to lake Huron I reckon twelve leagues, 

 the country continuing always moft delightful. 

 This is a noble channel as ftraight as a line and 

 bordered with lofty forefts, interfperfed with fine 

 meadows with many iftands fcattered up and down 

 in it, fome of which are confiderably large the 

 courfe through it is always north one quarter eaft, 

 and in the entrance of lake Huron the courfe is 

 due north for twelve leagues more. 



Crofting lake St. Claire^ I had in my canoe a 

 young Indian who was ftrong and vigorous, and 

 on the ftrength of whofe arms I relied a good deal, 

 when I granted him his paftage on his afking it •, 

 he was however of very little fervice to me, to 

 make amends he diverted me highly till a ftorm 

 that came on juft over our heads begun to make 

 me uneafy. This young man fell a d re fling him- 

 felf before he embarked, and at every three ftrokes 

 of his oar, took up his looking glafs to fee whe- 

 ther the motion of his arms had difcompofed the 

 ceconomy of his drefs, or whether the fweat had 

 not changed the difpofition of the red and other 

 colours with which he had daubed his face. 



I dont know whether he expected to arrive at 

 the village of the Mifftfaguys before night, in or- 

 der to be prefent at fome feaft *, but we were not 

 able to get fo far. The ftorm incr^afed as we were 



almoft 



