. Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the woods to the summit of the Rocky mountains . ing purposes. Wood End depot, on tlieMouse River, was the last locality, going westward, where there was anytimber, in the vicinity of the boundary-line, imtil we reached Station , and for that distance, one hundred and eighteen miles, wood was earnedin the wagons. In the ravines, near Station No. 11, there were small grovesof stunted trees, whence was drawn the supply which, economically used,and eked o
. Reports upon the survey of the boundary between the territory of the United States and the possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the woods to the summit of the Rocky mountains . ing purposes. Wood End depot, on tlieMouse River, was the last locality, going westward, where there was anytimber, in the vicinity of the boundary-line, imtil we reached Station , and for that distance, one hundred and eighteen miles, wood was earnedin the wagons. In the ravines, near Station No. 11, there were small grovesof stunted trees, whence was drawn the supply which, economically used,and eked out by occasional sui^plies of tlie prairie-travelers fuel, bois desvdches, lasted us during the remainder of our work until our return toStation No. 11, where a new store was laid in for use on the return marchto Wood End depot. The water-supply, after leaving the upper waters of the Mouse River,sixteen miles west of Station No. 9, was scant and precarious, as we had noinformation of the nature of the country before us. Through the Coteauof the Missouri we were entirely dependent upon the supply fui-nishedby surface-pools, and those containing fresh water were of infrequent occur-. D ) s a: I— o Q. H UJ ?J) (/I -z c EEPORT OF THE CHIEF ASTEOISTOMER, APPENDIX A. 277 rence. There were many containing alkaline water, some of them largeenough to be called lakes ; but the water usually held such large quantitiesof salts that animals could not drink it. We were frequently compelled touse water sufficiently alkaline to be altogether disgusting to the taste, andthe best of the fresh water found was full of insect hfe and vegetablematter. At Station No. 10 1 was obliged to divide my party, and leavingthe major portion of it and all of the animals in camp near a pool of surface-water, in charge of the officer commanding the military escort, to establishthe station at a point ten miles farther west. I took with me for the pur-pose my assistants, three men, and ten soldiers, and had cook
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