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Show (:2 JOUH.N AL Ot' A VOYA<.a:. h' ain . and the other poor fel. ring that day .to dcatch I~~ ~;e w'hole load, at least 150 lo"'v was obhge to pu I k ., This da s march was fronl lake to a c. pounds. { y r -1 allowed my 11len to t?Otb February, Tbursday. . . ..., h h before n1e notwlthstandmg march at least t ree ours ' 1 . h d . . as cold and the road good, my s cig ogs which, as It w . , I k Halted for an brou ht me ahead of all by one o c oc . . g h If t two o'clock. Our courses th1s encampment at a pas '1 day were fir t S. E · S.I X ml'l cs ' then S. eigh. teen m1 es· ;. ' 1 k some of which were SIX almost all the way over a cs; f a lake called miles across. Encamped on the ba~k o ' S d Lake. Indians were out huntmg. an y "' ll d h' d generally 21 t Ti'cbruary Friday.-1rave e t IS ay, . . f s l'j ' - L k 1 h lS 0 south. Passed but two lakes ; Sandy a e, w 11C , II an oblong form N. and S. 4 miles, and one ~ther sma The Indians at the instigation of Mr. L Rone, ap· one. ' d h h should plied for him to accompany us. I consente t at e f R d Cedar Lake. I then wrote a note to go as ar as e 1 1 d departed M'G'll' on the occasion. After Rca e 1a ' 1 1s up 1 · · h to 'tl 't L'Rone disclosed to me, that it was us Wl!:i ' WI 1 I , . d . n · me. desert the N. W. company entirely' an acco~npa ~ 1' . To have countenanced for a moment, any tlun~ ot t :~~ kind I conceived would have been inconsistent With ev~) · ' · 1 of honor · I therefore obli· ge(l h1' 111 to re' turn un· prmap e ' . knoW· mediately. \Ve then had no guide, our Int..hans not h ing the road. Our course through woods and bad brus 15 miles. 1 . 1 t the 2'2d February, Sa tur da y.- 0 ur co Ul·sc a Itt e . o south of east through woods not very t h1' c k · Arnved. at White Fish L' ake at 11 o'clock, an(l took an observatwn. My party crossed the Ia 1 < .e an d encamped . betw. eern twAot lakes. This may be called the source of P1ne nve · 1 . h this place has been one of. t 11 e N . W . c01npany 's estab ISd • n1ents ; at theN. E . and. S . Sl'd e . I twa. s a square stockda be ~ of about 50 feet; but at this time nearly all consume 'dy fire. A lso on" standing over the po.m t on tl1 e ea' 'it Sl e. , .• TO TIIE SOUHf'ES OF TilE IC:l.il c:;STPPL 7.3 23d February, Sunday.-My two Indians, ' o1f'y a d mys ·If, with my sleigh and dogs left the party, und 'r £1n idea, that we should utake Red Cedar Lake. \V c marched hard all Jay, without arriving at the Mississippi. Our course was nearly 'due cast, until ncar night, when we changed more south. Took no provision nor bedding. My Indians killed fifteen partridges, some neady black, with a reel mark over their eyes, called the SCJ vanna partridge. Were overtaken aoout noon by two of 1\tlr. Ar - derson's men, natned Brurie and -, Mr. Andcr .:>on himself not being able to con1e. l)i~tar cc 30 mik ~. 24·tb February, Monday.-\V~.-' started early, and ;J[. tcr passing over one of the worst road~ in the world, fou nd ourselves on a lake, about 3 o'clock; took its outlet a1 d struck the Mississippi, clbout •One mile below th~ CClllOL:S IUen!ioncd on the first January, by which I knew where we were. Ascended the Mi, sissippi about four 1nilcs, and encamped on the west side. Our g eneral co urs<. this day, was nearly south, when it ~hould have been S. E. My )~Otmg warriors were still in good heart; singing and shewmg every wish to keep me so. 'fhc pressure of my rackl't ~trings brought the blood through my socks and ~nocl~insons, fron1 which the pain I marched in may be 1111agmcd. 2.5t/; February, 'Fuuday - \Ve marched and arrived at the Cedar Lake bd(>re noon; found Mr. Grant and De Brechc (chief of Sandy L ake) at the house. This gave me much plca~~ure, for I conceive l\1r. Grant to be a vl'ntlcman of as much candor, as any with wJ10n\ I had m:tdc ~n acquaintance in this quarter, and the chief (De Brcchc) 18 reputctl to be a man of better information, than any of the Sauteurs. 2Gtb Ftbruary, Mrcdnc.vlay.-Scnt one of J\o1r. Grant'.:; men down ' th b f" , WI a ag o nee, to n1cct my people who found thdu encamped on the 1\ Iis.!)i.:> ippi. "vv rotc a' lett cr K. |
