. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. RECENT DISCOVERY AND PRESENT STATE. 59 run ; but they often sou^lit to nvoid a winding bay by steering d
. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. RECENT DISCOVERY AND PRESENT STATE. 59 run ; but they often sou^lit to nvoid a winding bay by steering directly from point to point, in tlio course of whidi they gotsonie frights and duckings. On the 20th, under a salute of six guns, they entered Fort William, where Mr M*lntosh, by Governor Simpson's direction, had prepared two excellent light canoes, wiiich it was necessary to use instead of large ones, in order to move along the narrow and obstructed rivers. The baggage and stores being nicely divided into pieces, and distri- buted as equally as possible, they began to ascend the shallow stream Kameni3tiquoia,on wliicl they saw with iistonishment that stupendt us fall whic' has been con- sidered second only to Niag ira. Ila' Ing passed a port- age over the dividing ridge, the S vannah conveyed them into Rainy Lake, whence they reache^^ ana rosse*! the Lake of the Woods, and then came :' Fort Alex- ander, at the southern extremity of L kb Winnipeg. Here Captain Back waited four ^ lys for G^ -rnor Simpson, who came on the 10th .?un^ accompanied b^ Ilia lady, whose affection had led her to sliare the hard- sliips of a voyageur life and a northern winter. That gentleman, with the intelligence and benevolence which mark his character, had r de the most active preparations to promote the objects of the expedition. He himself was obliged by ill health to return to Eng- land, but every resource possessed by the Company was placed at their command. Pemmican, owing to a migra- tion of th
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