Monday 27.

‘from the Eaftward. One of the natives who followed us, called it the

JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE
return, About twelve we paffed a river of fome appearance, flowing
Winter Road River. We did not find the ftream ftrong to-day along the

fhore, as there were many eddy currents: we therefore employed the fail
during fome hours of it, and went on fhore for the night at half paft feven.

The weather was now fine, and we renewed our voyage at half paft
two. Atfeven we landed where there were three families, fituated clofe.

‘to the rapids. We found but few people; for as the Indian who fol-

lowed us yefterday had arrived here before us, we fuppofed that the
greater part had fled, on the intelligence which he gave of our approach.
Some of thefe people we had feen before, when they told us that they had
left their property at a lake in the neighbourhood, and had promifed to
fetch it before our return; but we now found them as unprovided as
when we left them. They had plenty of fifh, fome of which was packed
up in birch bark.

During the time we Femained with them, which was not more than
two hours, I endeavoured to obtain fome additional intelligence refpe€t-
ing the river which had been mentioned on the preceding day; when they
declared their total ignorance of it, but from the reports of others, as
they had never been beyond the mountains, on the oppofite fide of their
own river : they had, however, been informed that it was larger than that
which wafhed the banks whereon they lived, and that its courfe was towards
the mid-day fun, They added, that there were people at a {mall dif
tance up the river, who inhabited the oppofite mountains, and had lately
defcended from them to obtain fupplies of fith, Thefe people, they fug-

gefted,