Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . les from the source of EainyEiver, is situated on the right bank, in lat. 48° 36, andlongitude 93° 33 W. Mr. Pether, the gentleman then incharge, stated that the river never freezes between thefalls and the Little Fork, a distance of twelve miles, norbetween the falls and its source in Eainy Lake. Wheatis sown at this establishment of the Honourable HudsonsBay Company, from the 20 th to the 23rd of May; itripens about 1st September. Potatoes, turnips, carro
Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . les from the source of EainyEiver, is situated on the right bank, in lat. 48° 36, andlongitude 93° 33 W. Mr. Pether, the gentleman then incharge, stated that the river never freezes between thefalls and the Little Fork, a distance of twelve miles, norbetween the falls and its source in Eainy Lake. Wheatis sown at this establishment of the Honourable HudsonsBay Company, from the 20 th to the 23rd of May; itripens about 1st September. Potatoes, turnips, carrots,and indeed all common culinary vegetables succeed well. THE LAC LA PLUIE INDIANS. 83 Potatoes are dug in the first week of October, and barleyis ripe by the middle of August. Snow falls here to thedepth of four feet. The great enemies to extended cultivation are the Lacla Pluie Indians. They are not only numerous, but veryindependent; and although diminishing in numbers, theyfrequently hold near Fort Frances their grand medicineceremonies, at which 500 and 600 individuals some-times assemble. The number of Indians visiting this. Ojibways at Fort Frances, Kainy Kiver. fort for the purpose of trade, reaches 1,500. They donot scruple to jump over the fences, and run through thegrowing crops, if the ball in their games is driven in thatdirection. In the immediate neighbourhood of Fort Frances, theswamp or morass bounding the valley of Eainy Eiver onthe right bank, is about half a mile in its rear. Thisswamp, which extends from Eainy Lake to the Lake of 84 RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION. the Woods, is described by Mr. Pettier, and the Indianswho were questioned about it, as consisting of a springy,movable surface, overlying a vast deposit of peat, throughwhich a pole might frequently be pushed to the depth ofthirty feet without reaching the bottom. The surfacesustains low bushes, with here and there islands of smallpine. Its borders approach and recede from Eainy Eiverwith the
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