. Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768. of land, bounded as follows : (viz.) from the** fall of St. Anthony, running on the** eaft banks of the Mifliffippi, nearly* fouth-eaft, as far as the fouth end of* Lake Pepin, where the Chipeway river joins the Miffiffippi, and from^ thence eaftward five days travel,•* accounting twenty Englifli miles per day, and from thence north fix days** travel, at twenty Englifh miles per** day, and from thence again to the fall of St. Anthony, on a diredt fi:raight** line. We do for ourfelves, heirs, and** afiigns
. Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768. of land, bounded as follows : (viz.) from the** fall of St. Anthony, running on the** eaft banks of the Mifliffippi, nearly* fouth-eaft, as far as the fouth end of* Lake Pepin, where the Chipeway river joins the Miffiffippi, and from^ thence eaftward five days travel,•* accounting twenty Englifli miles per day, and from thence north fix days** travel, at twenty Englifh miles per** day, and from thence again to the fall of St. Anthony, on a diredt fi:raight** line. We do for ourfelves, heirs, and** afiigns, for ever, give unto the faid Jo- nathan, his heirs and afiigns, for ever,** all the faid lands, with all the trees,* rocks, and rivers therein, referving for* ourfelves and heirs the fole liberty of* hunting and fifhing on land not plant-** ed or improved by the fiiid Jonathan,^* his heirs and afligns, to which we have^* affixed our refpedive feals, at the great ** cave. [ 14 ] cave. May the firil:, one thoufand feveli* hundred and fixty-feven. Hav/nopawjatin Otohtongoom-liilieaw. his mark his mark Soon after the above period, our authorconcluded to return to Bofton, where hearrived in 1768, having been abfent twoyears and five months, during which timehe had travelled about feven thoufandmiles. After digefling his journal andcharts, he failed for England, and arrivedthere in the year 1769. The reafonswhich induced him to undertake thisvoyage, are amply related by himfelf inhis travels (page 177.) to which Irefer. Few objects have excited a more gene-ral enquiry than the difcovery of a north-weft [ 5 ] weft paffage, in order to open a com-munication with the great pacific oceanand the Eaft Indies, by a fhorter naviga-tion than by doubling thofe immenfepromontories, the Cape of Good Hopeor Cape Horn. Every allurement ofgain, and national emolument, has beenpropofed to encourage the attempt, but,hitherto, every attempt hath been fruit-lefs, though the moft experienced fea-men
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