94 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE

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Voyage continued. Su/fpect the integrity of the interpreter. Stars vifible.
Springs of mineral water, and lumps of tron ore. Arrive at the rwer of
the Bear Lake. Coal mine in a ftate of combuftion. Water of the river
diminifhed. Continue to fee Indtan encampments, and kill geefe, Se.
Hunting excurfons. A canoe found on the edge of a wood. Attempt to
afcend a mountain. Account of the paffage to it. See a few of the
natives. Kill a beaver and fome hares. Defign of the Englifh chief.
Kula wolf. Changeable fiate of the weather. Recover the Pemmucan,
which had been hidden in an tfland. Natives fly at our approach. Meet
with dogs. Altercation with the Englifh chief. Account of the articles
left by the fugitives. Shoals of the river covered with faline matter.
Encamp at the mouth of the river of the mountain. The ground on fire
on each fide of tt. Continue to fee encampments of the natives. Various
hinds of berries, Kill geefe, fwans, &c. Bc. Sc. Corroding quality of
the water. Weather changeable. Reach the entrance of the Slave Lake.
Dangers encountered on entering it. Caught pike and trout. Met M. Le
Roux on the lake. Further circumftances till our return to Fort Chepe-

wyan. Conclufion of the voyage.

1789.
Auguft.
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Guards \ \ E embarked at three this morning, the weather being clear and

cold, with the wind at South-Eaft. At three in the afternoon we tra--

verfed and landed to take the canoe in tow: here was an encampment

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