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Show JOOHNAL OF A VOYAfH. jumping into the lake we brought them into a safe harbor. Distance 40 miles. 17tb Sept. Tuesday-Although there was every ap· pcarance of a very severe storm, we embarked at half past 6 o'clock, the wind f::tir, but before we had all hoisted sail, those in front had struck theirs. The wind came on hard ahead. The ~ky became inflamed, and the lightning seemed to roll down the sides of the hills, which bordered the shore of the lake. The storm in all its grandeur, majesty, and horror, burst upon us, in the Traverse, while making to Point De Sable; and it required no 1noderate exertion, to weather the point and get to the windward side of it. There we found Mr. Cameron, who had sailed from the prairie on the 5th ; he had three bark, and one ·wooden, canoes, with him. lie had been laying here two days; his canoes unloaded and turned up for the habitation of his men ; his tents pitched, and living in all the case of an Indian trader. l-Ie appeared to be a man of tol erable information, but r ther indolent in his habits ; a Scotchman by birth, but an Englishman by prejudice. lfe had with him a very handsome young man, by the name of J?hn Rudsdell, and also his own son, a lad of fifteen. 'fhe storm continuing, we remained all day. I was shewn a point of rocks from which a Sioux woman cast herself and was dashed into a thousand pieces, on the rocks be-' low. She had been informed, that her friends intended matching her to a man she despised ; and having refused her the man she had chosen, she ascended the hill, singing her death song; and before they could overtake her, and obvjatc her purpose, sh' took the io':e:::-'s leap ! and ended her troubl e~, with her life. A wonderful display of sentiment iu a savage! Distance~~ miles. 1 Htb SrjJt. Hledm:sdoy-Embarked after breakfast. \Jr. C;11neron, with his boat , came on with me. Cros"': ied the lake, sounded it, and took an obs(:rvation at thF· TO THE SOURCES OF THE l\IISSISSIPPL upper encl. I embarked in one of his canoes, and we came up to Canoe river, where there was a small band of Sioux, under the command of R ed liVing, the second war chief in the nation. lie made me a ~pecch and presented a pipe, pouch, and buffalo skin. ric appeared to be a man of sense, and promised to accompany tne to St. Peters; he saluted 1ne, and had it returned. I made him a small present. We encamped on the end of the island, and although not more than I l o'clock, were obliged to stay all night. Distance 18 miles. 19tb Sept. Tbarsday-Embarked early ; dined at St. Croix river. Messrs. Frazer and Cameron, having som<: business to do with the savages, we left them at the encampment ; but they promised to overtake me thowrh ' b they were obliged to travd until12 o'clock at night. Fired a blunderbuss for thc1n at 'I'attoo. 'The chain of my watch became unhooked, by lending her to my guard ; this was a very serious misfortune. 20t/; Sept. Friday-Embarked after sun rise. Cloud with hard head winds ; a small shower of rain ; clcarPd up in the afternoon, and became pleasant. Encamped on a prairie on the east siJe, on which is a large painted , tone, about 8 miles below the Sioux village. The traders had not yet overtaken n1e. Distance 26 1-2 1niles. 21st Sept. Saturday-Embarked at a seasonable hour b.reakfasted at the Sioux village, on the cast side. It con-' Sists of eleven lodges, and is situated at the head of ;m island just below a ledge of rocks. The village was evacuated at this tin1e, all the Indians having gone out to the lands to gather fols avoin. About two miles above, sa\\ t~rec bears swimming over the river, but at too great a distance for us to have kilJed thctn; they made the shore b~fore I could come up with them. Passed a camp of Swux, of four lodges, in which I "'aw only one man., whose name was B!nck Soldier. Th ~garrulity f the wn- |
