Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . pi . . 1,226,000 4,400 447,200 1,270,000 St. Lawrence . 565,000 2,600 900,000389,000207,000 Niagara .... 237,300 370,589 406,000 432,000 1^680 36,300 494,200 Main Saskatchewan 240,000 59,289 34,284 Nile 520,200 2,240 23,100 220,000 Ohio, at Wheeling . 25,000 1,400 260,277 Thames .... 5,000 215 1,330 7,900 38,000 560 7,000 21,000 204,000 88,000 700 13,400 33,700 164,000 Ottawa (Grenville) 80,000 700 35,000 85,000 150,000 French Biver 4,700 9,500 Subjoined is
Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . pi . . 1,226,000 4,400 447,200 1,270,000 St. Lawrence . 565,000 2,600 900,000389,000207,000 Niagara .... 237,300 370,589 406,000 432,000 1^680 36,300 494,200 Main Saskatchewan 240,000 59,289 34,284 Nile 520,200 2,240 23,100 220,000 Ohio, at Wheeling . 25,000 1,400 260,277 Thames .... 5,000 215 1,330 7,900 38,000 560 7,000 21,000 204,000 88,000 700 13,400 33,700 164,000 Ottawa (Grenville) 80,000 700 35,000 85,000 150,000 French Biver 4,700 9,500 Subjoined is the period of opening and closing of theSaskatchewan for several years at Fort a la Corne. River Closed. 1851 . November 6th. 1852 . „ 11th. 1853 . „ 13th. River 185218531854185618571858 Opened. April 12th.„ 14th.„ 14th.„ 9th.„ 16th.„ 20th. * This table, with the exception of the Main Saskatchewan and theSouth Branch, is from the Beport of the Ottawa Survey, by T. C. Clarke,Esq., THE REV. HENRY BUDD. 399 The Nepowewin Mission is situated on the north bankof the Saskatchewan, opposite to Fort a la Nepowewin Mission and Fort a la Corne. The Eev. Henry Budd, the native resident missionary,was ordained priest in 1853 at Cumberland Station, nearthe mouth of the Pasquia river. He had long labouredat this missionary outpost as a catechist. So early as1840 he set out from Red River Settlement to makepreparations for erecting a church and establishing astation at the mouth of the Pasquia. In 1852 Mr. Buddstarted from Christchurch, Cumberland station, for theNepowewin, where he arrived on the 8th of September,and on the 13th of the same month commenced to cleara small piece of ground on the river bank, opposite toFort a la Corne, for the erection of missionary name Nepowewin is derived from an Indian ex-pression signifying the standing place, where the nativesare accustomed to await the arrival of the Hudsons BayCompanys boats, as they are tracke
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