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Show bl) JULdiNAL CH' A \ 'OYAUE passt ul b c f'o re w1' tll th.:10• 1·ackets I was fearful of loosing c ' • I , orl t111' l·· l~e . tl1e consequence of which can only Olll'SL' ves ~ "'~ ' b ' COllCC.l \'ed by t ll OSe W 11 0 11C tV e l)een e•x posed• on .a l.:lkc, or naked plain, a dreary night of Jai~l~a:y'. m latltulle 47° and the thermometer below 0. 1 hmkmg that we could observe, the bank of the other shore, we. kept a .straight course, and sometime. after disc?vered hght~, and on our arrival were not a httle surpnscd to find cl large stockade. 'fhe gate being open, we cntereu. and proceeded to the quarters o~ ~r. Grant, where we were treated with the utmost hosp1tahty · 9tb January, Tbursday.-Marched the corporal early, in order that our men should receive assurances of our safety and success. lie carried with him a sn1~ll keg of spirits, a present from Mr. Grant. 1~he establishment of this place was formed twelve years smce, by the .N. W. company, and was formerly under the charge of a ~r. Charles Brusky. It has attained at present such regulanty, as to permit the superintendant to live tolerably con:for· table. They have horses they procured fro1n Red n~er, of the Indians ; raise plenty of Irish potatoes, catch ,p,Ikc, suckers, pickerel, and white fish in abundance. 1 hey have also beaver, deer, and moose; but the provision they chiefly d . pend. upon, is wild oats, of which they purchase great quantities from the savages, giving at the rate of about one dollar and a half per bushel. But flour, pork, anu salt, are almost interdicted to persons not principals in the trade. Flour sells at half a dollar ; salt a dollar; pork 80 cents ; sugar half a dollar ; cofFee , and tea 4 dolls. 50 per pound. The sugar is obtained from the Indians, and is made frmn the maple tree. !Otb January, Friday.-Mr. G-rant accompanied me to the Mississippi, to n1ark the place for my boats, to leav .: tht.: river. This was the first time I n1arched on rackets. I took the course of the Lake River, from its TO THE SOURCES Ol· THE MISSISSIPPI. til mouth to the lake. Mr. Grant fell through the icc with his rackets on, and could not have got out~ without assistance. lith January, Saturday.-Remained all day within quarters. 12th Janury, Sunday.-Went out and met my men about 16 miles. A tree had fallen on one of th~m and hurt him very n1uch, which induced me to dismiss a sled and put the loading on the olh~..;rs. . l 3th January, ~!fonday.-Aftcr encountering n1uch d1fficulty, we arrived at the establishment of the N. W. ~omp<~ny, on Lake l) ' Sabl , a little before night. The Icc .bcmg very bad on the Lake River, owing to the n1any sprmgs and. marshes, one sled fell through. My 1nen had <11~ excellent room furnished thctn, and were prcseutc<l "~lfh potatoes and fillc. .~. lVJr. Grant had gone to an In. d1an lodge to receive his credits. 14th January, Tuesday.-Crossed the lake to the north !:>ide, that I might take an observation ; found the lat. 46° 9' 20~~' N. Surveyed that part of the lake. Mr. Gran~ returned from the Indian lodges. They brought a quantity of furs and eleven beaver carcascs. 15th January, Wednesday.-Mr. Grant and tnysdf made the tour of the lake, with two n1cn, wh01n I had, for ~tten?ants. Found it to be much larger, than could be tmagmed at a view. My men saw d stock for the sleds, which I found it necessary to construct after the manner of the country. On our n1arch, tnet an Indian comiz~g into the fort ; his countena,nce expressed no little astomshment, when told who I was and frotn whence 1 came; for the people in this country then1sd ves acknow~ k•dgc,. that the savages hold in greater veneration, the Amcncans, than any other white people. 'l'hey say of ot A cant term fur a dram of spirits. |