Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . osingits breadth, and maintained, except for a short distance, agreat depth below the prairie level. I determined, there-fore, to explore the whole valley from the South Branchof the Saskatchewan to the Assinniboine, and to ascertainthe relation it bore to those rivers. With this view thecanoes were put in order, the party and supplies divided,and the arrangements detailed in the following paragraphcompleted. Mr. Dickinson, with a French Canadian and a Cree
Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . osingits breadth, and maintained, except for a short distance, agreat depth below the prairie level. I determined, there-fore, to explore the whole valley from the South Branchof the Saskatchewan to the Assinniboine, and to ascertainthe relation it bore to those rivers. With this view thecanoes were put in order, the party and supplies divided,and the arrangements detailed in the following paragraphcompleted. Mr. Dickinson, with a French Canadian and a Cree half-breed, was instructed to descend the Quappelle Eiverfrom the first Fishing Lake to its mouth. Mr. Flemingand myself were to ascend it from the same starting placeto its source, and follow up the valley to the South Branchof the Saskatchewan. Mr. Hime was to explore LongLake and meet Mr. Dickinson at Fort Pelly. I intended,upon reaching the South Branch, to descend that magni-ficent river in canoe to the Grand Forks, and then by themain Saskatchewan to Lake Winnipeg and Eed Eiver, adistance of about 1000 miles canoe THE QUAPPELLE MISSION. 321 The Quappelle Mission is situated between the secondand third Fishing Lakes. The situation is beautiful, andthe country on all sides of a very novel and peculiar cha-racter. Here the Quappelle valley is 1^ miles broad and250 feet deep. On the south a vast level prairie extendsto the Indian Head Hills, fertile, inviting, but treeless;towards the north the country is studded with groves ofaspen over a light and sometimes gravelly soil. Mostbeautiful and attractive, however, are the lakes, four innumber, which from the rich store of fish they contain, arewell named the Fishing Lakes. A belt of timber fringestheir sides at the foot of the steep hills they wash, for theyfill the entire breadth of the valley. Ancient elm treeswith long and drooping branches bend over their waters;the ash-leaved maple acquires dimensions not see
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