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CHAPTER II. 



Passage up Hayes* , Steely and Hill Rivers—Cross 

 Swampy Lake — Jack River — Knee Lake and Mag- 

 netic Islet — Trout River — Holy Lake — Weepina- 

 pannis River — Windy Lake — White- Fall Lake and 

 River — Echemamis and Sea Rivers — Play-Green 

 Lakes — Lake Winipeg — River Saskatchawan — Cross, 

 Cedar, and Pine-Island Lakes — Cumberland House, 



On the 9th of September, our boat being 

 completed, arrangements were made for 

 our departure as soon as the tide should 

 serve ; but, when the stores were brought 

 down to the beach, it was found that the 

 boat would not contain them all ; the 

 whole, therefore, of the bacon, and part of 

 the flour, rice, tobacco, and ammunition, 

 were returned into the store. The bacon 

 was too bulky an article to be forwarded 

 under any circumstances ; but the governor 

 undertook to forward the rest next season, 

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