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of two carrying places, the longed of which is not 

 above a league and a quarter but being inform- 

 ed that at this feafonr of the year, there is not wa- 

 ter fufficient for a canoe, 1 have taken the other 

 route, which has likewife its inconveniencies, and 

 is far from being fo agreeable, but it is more 

 certain. 



I departed yefterday from the fort of the river 

 St. Jofeph, and failed up that river about fix 

 leagues. I went afhore on the right, and walked 

 a league and a quarter, fir ft along the water-fide, 

 and afterwards acrofs a field in an immenfe mea- 

 dow, entirely covered with copfes of wood, which 

 produce a very fine effecl ; it is called the mea- 

 dow of the Buffaloes bead, becaufe it is faid a head 

 of that animal of a monftruous fize was once found 

 there. Why might not there have been giants a- 

 mong the brutes ? I pitched my tent on a very 

 beautiful fpot, called the Fort of the Foxes, becaufe 

 the foxes, that is to fay, the Outagamies had not 

 long ago a village there, which was fortified after 

 their fafhion. 



This morning I walked a league farther in the 

 meadow, having my feet aim oft always in the wa- 

 ter ; afterwards I met with a kind of pool or marfh 

 which had a communication with feveral others of 

 different fizes, but the iargeft not above a hundred 

 Daces in circuit. Thefe are the fources of the river 

 Theakiki, which by a corrupted pronounciation our 

 Indians call Kiakiki. Theak fignifies a wolf, in I 

 do not remember what language, but this river 

 bears that name, becaufe the Mahingans, who 

 are likewife called the wolves, had formerly taken 

 refuge on its banks. 



