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Defcriptim oftht Ceuntry fnm Lak3 Superior ta Cook's Ri> 
 
 ExTBACT •/* Letter /»-&*i *•♦**, 
 
 ■ »J Qjiebcc. iri » Friend in Loni'.nn. 
 
 (Sft our PItt-t t ) 
 
 Sir. i5^///*#f, yVtff . 7, 1780. 
 
 IN my laft lettrr I (>ave you Coinc .ic- 
 ^ount of ihi extent <>f ili.. rummcice 
 Hcc. of tliis (d'intry ; ii.i<l, .1^ 1 ,.in tiiil- 
 vinccd chat c> rr. .mn rep"rr or (.liiiiia- 
 tion of Hiftan. is, iVc. will n'>t L<e fatii- 
 ti&uiy to a j''\ili/f 'pli'C u.ini! , aii<! as 
 finee, 1 liave li.id an oj-.,-(ji' jnity i>( lut- 
 ing a map or cljatt of 1 Ins l^ttly txpi' r- 
 ed couiiiiv , ni.!i!e by i m.iitli.i;ui'. ' o'.i- 
 fcrvaiioii rind l.u':;cc, ■■•■\.n lia. a/lualiv 
 trnvcrftd it, siul made iris iv.i 1 in ir..in(! 
 w'lth wliciu I have ilii.> 'vc k hid revir;"' 
 coiiveifauciii!,, null til- nia|i ml r t nir i 
 I am abit i>i give yiu all die (..tivf'ji'nt.n 
 thit yoti «V'(h tor, tx-Ui'ive uf tlie ni.ip 
 it^el^ which 1, 1 Kild I'.ic (jet a ci>i>y of, 
 but I h<»,)e lit h .il It you iitkt Suitiiiui. 
 The lollowiiij; ,..c ( bllrvaiiohi dial I 
 took from the iii.i|<. I' liciiii^ at tlie 
 upptr end of I-.iIm. :5.i;''vriiii, m lat. 46* 
 47' Noith, vvlieii- di' It ill a Hwf.-r^ • (or 
 earrying-placc) 1 1 m- .' n-ie ;:. '.J, be- 
 fore youentei l!ic wiircrs om'i'jii.cirii.^ 
 totht Noitli- .vt.;". '; : i Mi.!!r:||)i hn 's 
 nre in the fame '.iriuiiiL wit:, tiit- i)t;u; .'f 
 L;«ln: Superior, abc'iit iC' dcgi- sof . ■::• 
 uitude to il.o Wclhv.ird o( i. ; iiij .'roin 
 the portage Unix is a vvac: -iomrnu;i;i. i- 
 tion lu that rJM.-, and d ).vii it,u!:tii y, 
 «nly iiittfC«'f led Lv ilic FjIi'' ('far. An- 
 thony. Tlu iirtUciN an 00 tlui (O'r 'i. 
 Wctuvard, Uaviij!; -in M.Jirp,; -.o -..ii; 
 Eafl^ard i'.cj ni..i;», iP.l n ,v 1; > 
 Sou'h-weft d. • •■. tlio Mi'l'.iui; i its 
 ni«uth. The fur. .' i.iiiih ■.rui'^r tu 
 thole on the N iitli ■ -il iKiu.rij |..>its. 
 From ttie end of i.vt ^<miji?i .,■ un. I.eid 
 
 of LakcSui>e(i-^r, . 
 
 (ht lak'. 
 
 ters, as hf^-li up an 'at. c ■ and iuni;. 
 txA?, fet hifi to 'lit N 'ii'i-\vt(' and 
 >Joith, and then take 3 Sonili-' .'Im-mmI 
 •ltd S^iith tourfe.Mi.d einpt^ iiin V" I; 
 Jliftr (Huillon's IVn ). riute i.-kti 
 and rivcit aie aliiioli iiniuinci.iMc, and 
 foine of theni vc •• l.ir>;ei liuh ,:s (mi 
 Lake W'inipii'.'.i 111. LjkeoitiiaW. "lid-!, 
 and others. The mouth of tlie Yo'k 
 Kiver lie* 11 lone- 94°\VtU, and lat. 
 a7'. It l< an c\tcn(ive lai^e nver, let- 
 ting nearly Wcii, aitd li lu^ plied hv the 
 above lakes and I Ivtrt, which fall inui 
 it from the Noitli and South. The 
 Hudfon'i- Bai, dimpany have polls fevc- 
 ral hundred in --I. Wtft fioin ihtni, but 
 ' Bone to tlie Noi>'hvvard. Out tiadeis 
 pafi ther. at one uf their poft», ahimt 
 ahe lat. c" aiid long. 110°. A thaiii uf 
 GbNT. Mi^e. Manb, i7^«. 
 
 
 hkis, ic. conrinu* from t 
 lat. nV an! I^nu. 124', "''le 
 \m.i\\ p'rljit, tliev tntei int > 
 I kcs that run a N,iiih-\Mll o 
 ciM,;v .nti) other lakes an 
 uliuli rfll finally tonimnmc 
 and i.iri;>'v into, a \irt:»l lake, 
 Slave i.rtke, which lie j beti\ei 
 fc'.'' ..I'.il lis', btinn 7, drgrits 
 and |...i:iMi.lc 12:" to i 55' 
 ).ii.-' i-\ tlic \-''\. vv<ier before 
 to til'.' f.icat .\ rtlicrn (.Vtan in 
 ai'.d in !. iV^. i;i", and tlief: 
 tbbs and llow.,, of v.biihthc 
 j;avc nt iiuluMf jiilo pionfs. 
 tnit t't'piv into ilr i,i«at Sl.iv 
 !;■ dt t .L Uri'.cit ot ti.tin, are 1: 
 AtalJilki (Ahicli i;..s a 1 irgi 
 r.in,' i.iri i;a.t Lai\i.', i^f 3 01 40 
 leil: III ltiij:tii, id courl'e Nor 
 tilt; I. ike, or rather tii'; Uppei 
 tilt Wood', ill L.ikt ni the Hi 
 hei.ii, >>iie iiL ir 1. ike Superior); 
 Ul- c extend, itlelf neat eii;*it ' 
 loii^.iii.'f, and lies in l.it. (j ". 
 J.:.kt Ptix .,1, vsl;v!i ii all', la 
 hi. >d(M tliete,iiieit. aie a niimbc 
 lakis. Tilt liver that c.ir 'd 
 ^^ iters int. tin; 'o.,■^': Lake 
 Save Kivti, .nd ii vc. y l-i' t^e. 
 rH.^'iii- .M.'!;, .\'.r\l liur. iiid 
 kr ;rh, 1- 1 1 . ' (.f tlie ^i( 
 ' . 1 .1 :-.jn< ;< \ ii > ia.»e 1 ivir, 1 
 aliiirt'' S /uiii- ..;'■, .(I d has ili 
 tflll., wii 11 \:. itie km >\ 11 woild 
 It.id, near i^' n milr'. '.vide \v 
 falls a L, .in;! 111 . " ■ ■■Mif |),.Jv ( 
 This riv^r \k vc. ihc lakL m lat 
 loi.». 1 1 • ind tilt f lils aie 
 
 141 ' i iie ^/tat chain of m 
 
 thit exuiid Ji'nn Mtxico al 
 Wiltern, or Titinc tJccaii, 
 ^N' ii;:..i r, 1' ,cnic Ok.e.-'ii, ttrtni 
 1 t. • -■ .' „nd lonjj. 151'; l"o 
 Sla^i L. nil run* I.) ll.C Well 
 tlutn. an ini,,ties into the occ 
 ronil'. in abmit lar. c>,i». Tlit 
 ■.vu.ij lo rht Noitliwaul of Slav 
 ihtic ib only n lirle low brull 
 i:> idled w.ih a fpccies of bufTal 
 have n'> ra:U, but havL lung ha 
 bieki of their thi^;ha and Icgi 
 refiiiibles a tail, and they are 
 than '.he common bulFali..**. VV 
 h;.v'.' I'yrocecdtd thus far, and hi 
 td ovei yniir map, you v. ill ua^ 
 jnUurc wiiat iivtr the above Sli 
 River u known by when it cm; 
 the ocean, ii'o lave yo.i much 
 1 v\:ll tell yott i||||i Cook's Riv« 
 he i^ncirated upw^idt of 7^ 
 
Laks Superior t» Cook's River. 1Q7 
 
 I'KLv, ic. fontinu* from thence to the 
 
 Ut, 
 
 S5' :iiil I JUL'. 124', vv'icn, with a 
 
 lni,i|| f'ri:j>;e, tliLVtiitei icu > jiveri Hi.d 
 I 't;ts tli.u run n N.nih-Atit courfe, and 
 tiMttv ;nfn other lakts and riven, 
 wliiili H^l filially c'liiimiiniciuc wiili, 
 an.) cfr,;>rv iiirn, a greal lake, called llid 
 Slave lake, which lif;. between the lat, 
 C'-^Miiil (>;,■', bcini; ? ilegrtts in width, 
 aiul l.j.Mni.lc li:" to ift,'i and thit 
 ■ •li--' I1 t!ic i^'t vv.iifr licfore you come 
 t" th'; f^icdt .s rilicrrt (,)cLsn in ist. OS"!, 
 ar.il in 1. iV(;. iji", and tlier-; tlie watir 
 tblis iir.d !l(iu.„ of vviiiihthc utniicin.in 
 y^iVL tnt iiiuni-irj'iJK- (iionfs. The Ih)(c> 
 iii-it c'!<;'iy into ih- |,ieat Slsve Lake, ac 
 !;■ ill t ;i. Uri'.cii ot ti.tin, are iianiLj th* 
 Aiabiik I ('.vliicli i:..s a 1 irgc river ruii- 
 MDj; ;..ir) iia.c Lake, of 3 01 4,^0 ntilesat 
 IcMt 111 ;tiij.'tii. ii, courl'e NortS-wefl), 
 tlij I.ikc, fir r.itlicr th': L'pper Luke of 
 tilt Wood., ..1 L,.kt nt the Hills (there 
 bci.ii, ,)iie lit ir Like Su(ierior) ; and thig 
 ii'C tsteiid. :t(elf ncai eii;'it legtees of 
 lf>ii.;'Ui.!f, :iiid liti in l.it. •> ", and liie 
 J-iki- Pt;,r i.j, wh'cii ii all'i lar{;e ; arj 
 btidts tlitle.iiitu aif a numLcri I r:ii.ill 
 lakes. Tiit liver til. it car 'c; all :liel'e 
 ^^aters int., the :j:,.\..- Ljkc is ciUcd 
 a JVC KuLi, iTiil \i \<.:v laife. Jr run* 
 
 N.. 
 
 ■I!l- ,m;I 
 
 w.rsi hui, liid milti in 
 
 i-i' ;''■■ !• ii • ' '- tilt ^icat Slave 
 ' ' .1 : ans n wi > ia. » c 1 un, its Louife 
 aiiiirt ■ S ,u:ii- .. !■, ,i, d has llit iaigcd 
 Iflii. wii It 1:. liie kni All xvoilii; it li, at 
 It.ii', ncai i^'o in!!i'. wiJc whtre the 
 *ails a c, .,n;: 111 , •■ .-iit. hrvlyof water, 
 'l Ills nvcr 11; vf, the laki. i,i Ut. O4" and 
 lfr». IV . "lid the fnls aie in ionir. 
 
 141 ■ i j|M ^^.cat chain of mountain* 
 
 th<; txivi.d .'i'liTi Mtxico along the 
 \V\(tcrn, or TatiMc tjiuan, and the 
 iN'it:..ii I' ,culc Owe.'ii, tirniinatei m 
 it. • .■ • „ti(i l(.i'^. iji'j Co that th* 
 5)1. i< I. L'.ivti runs 1.) t!,c Welluaid of 
 tlui:i. an . tni,,ties into the ocean by it« 
 roijil-. in about lar. c.,,". Tliere it nu 
 wudd to rht Nuitliwaiit of Sktvi Lake; 
 ihuc ii only « lirtie low brufll, which 
 ii iilitd with a (I'tcits of buffaloes, that 
 have no ra;U, but have long hair on the 
 bai.ks t)f their thi>;h» and Icgi, whicit 
 reli nibles a tail, and they are fmaller 
 than '.he cotniiion bulFaloet. When you 
 bi;vj jiiuccedtd thus far, and Inve look- 
 ed cvei ymir map, you c.ill nadily ton- 
 j<.r.iurc what rivtr the ab.^ve Slave Lako 
 Rivet u known by when 11 emj)tte>> intu 
 the ocean. Xo (iivc yo 1 much tmubli;, 
 1 >>:il tell yott i||i4t Cook's iUver, vWi ch. 
 he {icnciraiciJ upw^fdt qH 70 kague» 
 
1^8 Dtfcription if the Ccnhtry from 
 
 North.»»ll .varti, at you will fee by hi» 
 thart. Ci'ok's kivci, ;is he has laiJ it 
 down in his i.h.irr (thai is, the mouth of 
 itj; Ik in lilt. ; r .yS, jnJ lonj;. Weft 
 Ha". I lis talci.lati(in and layitij; it 
 f?'\vii w', Tnl) li>ngiiudci liut if y«u 
 dti'u.'i 1. - l-.-ilitrn longitude fronn 36", 
 yo'j will (inii it 1(1 be 1C4" Well. His 
 touil ■ up tin- iivet w;.s N'Mih-trirterly j 
 the comic of the river out of Shive Lake 
 was Soiith-wtftetly. lU- traverfol his 
 river thai curtenrar 70 Itauuf . Noi'h- 
 •aftt i!y ; ntulfhi. nvcr out of Slave Lake 
 is knovvii IS f;ii South'Wtncrly : there- 
 fore tht tiilianre to forir^ ilic i\infli<in, 
 01 to iiCc) itnin thf rivii to hu the lame, 
 is vciv )h..it. TiiL irmith of blive Ri- 
 ver. ,ii i!ic l.iKt, ;i III iat. 04°, ami long. 
 n;4'. T! c nK.ui;i of Cock'- River is in 
 fjt -.," ;■ ,.11'il loiip;. i;4». The cnurfes 
 are No, tii-tjftcr!y .ind South-v.eftciiy. 
 T In- ilijirecs of !or,i;irii<le in ihat laii- 
 tudc nrc Init I rrle r'oic than 2f> units 
 v;;''>!i the livi-i I'.'.i; to r\ ('e^rrt, and the 
 t!;f1\.i..r ■ . f li.i. I titi. '■!■ uiil> ahuiit 4 
 dt^-:te-, hi.i.c: .■ i ;<'. tlicrc y-' no t/ther 
 known v'.r.t tor r\\c. nvti fctsini; out of 
 tiidvc i HVi. no • ri'v niiiir ilvtr in th-^t 
 Toiinti . u. ;!,i "•'.• a'..usril ■ ■■ Southward 
 «>? Si.ivi- ' ,-, I.': innil lu '1 a river as 
 l.'ciil.'' , t!i(.rf can ht !iti!''(! iht but the 
 fouicc (it Cf .'r.'s I'lver ;^ » 'W fully Jil- 
 fovfiti' and kroun. Tlu t. ;,'e other 
 pioofs th:it 11^; incot.'el'allt. Cook 
 f ..Mul a 'jiCHt .((lantilv (/f liiiH-v' ood on 
 tin: coif'. Tin-- uiiod is ri'lv found on 
 i:>f hinks <••!' iliL i.\ei$ ih..; (.'nity into 
 t'lc Slav;: i.aV.e. 'I'l'-ic i-. m \(/i.)d to 
 ♦ 'ill SUv( ! akr ; titi- 
 I.' .ivers (if Hny fiie, 
 l-pn-. ^*li I if tht inoiin- 
 
 , 'i> \\\C S'.Uthw.ild of 
 
 J i'\'.'is oi Aiab.ift,a, 
 ' '' 1 Lake, u hicii (.nip- 
 TV ir.ro Slave I/jkc, ore annually luiec 
 .ivifiuwn, — 111 the tnonth of May, hy 
 Till i'reak:.ii;-up of the :re ; and ill the 
 month of Ai;),ol>, by the mthinj; of the 
 tnow on tlie 111 unt^n:. Ih'i.-.-, then, 
 ihe ijuaiititics 1 1 t!r,ft-\>(ii J. .ihuh C.-.p- 
 lain Cdor. iiiLt vvuii aie acciuiui'd tin ; 
 and thtle rmiUI onl<- be hiur.elied into 
 the ocean fiorr. C'mi'k's R.ver: for, as 
 1 have above •. hitrvcd, tlieic ran be 
 :v» f xteiifwe river to ilic Scnithu«id of 
 C»ok'k River, or the- livei ih;t rmpiitk 
 (jitofSlivc L.ikc, as me ^niat ( liaiii of 
 mountiiiMi I'ppioacii 10 the vcigr of 
 Slavt Lake and Rivci. An- 'iier proof 
 u, ihat the jje-ni in.aa ((nm (vhole 
 (hart and h'nii wivmi I have collected 
 tilt abvve iiiiurttuuuu) met witii (wo 
 I 
 
 I'.e Noil-,-..-. I 
 ihtl ;;ic th:. le 
 f.nni t' c ■.! 
 t.iins to ''.ic \< 
 the hiis'.-. "1 1 
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 Lais 
 
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Iptitn of the Cctthtry from Lake Superior t) Cook's Riyer. 
 
 3i-«1, at you will fee by hi» 
 )k's kivci, 15 he has laiJ it 
 ili.irr (thai is, the mouth of 
 
 t. ; r 4',i', and lonj;. Weft 
 calci.latidn and layitij; it 
 r.il) li.ngiiudc; liut if y«U 
 1 .-.(iern longitude from 36", 
 111 It to be 1C4" W*n. His 
 u- iivei w;,s N'Mih-trirterly i 
 f the rivtr out of Shive Lake 
 wtftetly. lie traverfcd his 
 ujrtenrar 70 Itauut . Noith- 
 d fhi; nvcr out of Slave Lake 
 s fni South-wi-ncily : thetc- 
 anre to form the i\iiifli<in, 
 lin tl't.' rivii to hu the lame, 
 f. ThL iiKnith of blive Ui- 
 akt, ;■. in iaf. ti4°, am.! hing. 
 nii.u:;i of Cod. 'i River is in 
 .,1'il limpr. i;4». The cnurfes 
 Ljflcily .ind South-v.eftciiy. 
 s nf !(Mii;irii<le 111 that lati- 
 t I "le r:'oic than ifi units 
 '. «i !■■<; t'.) :i ('tt;r(;t, and the 
 f ilx I tltl. 'f. uiil> i.huiit 4 
 ,;.c, ; ■ ! ;'; liicrc r; no other 
 for 'lie liVti fcisint; out of 
 , no- .--iiv ii''i;i liver in th.Tt 
 !.i "■'■• 'tlivv;)!!! ' ■■ Southward 
 , -, i-: I'l.'.n lu '1 a iivcr as 
 rL' can lit 'iti'ii' iht but the 
 ■ .'r.s I'ivtr -.t t'^v fully Jil- 
 I kr-nvn. Tlu t :,'e other 
 II;; incoi.'el'al!t. Cook 
 Ht .laantiiv </f liiiii-v nod on 
 T!n^ u.io! is (ii'v f«und on 
 •!' lilt i-.\ti$ ih..! t'n( ty iii;o 
 
 aV.t. 'rii'Mr l^ I'll \\'li)'l to 
 
 :■ I ■ ' 'ii' SUv( i akr ; titi- 
 :.ic S'H .Vers of Hny fiie, 
 
 '. !;-pr('. ^*li of the inoiin- 
 e (t 1, r,, t'.e S'.utluv.inl tif 
 
 "Tie I'M'is oi Ai.ib.if>.a, 
 \5' i.i '''1 [.ako, u hicii tnip- 
 e !/dki', art annually luicc 
 —111 the month of May, hy 
 i;-up of the :ri: ; and 111 the 
 ki;j-,'.il>, by the mthinj; of the 
 : 111 uMta-n:. Ih'i, •.-, then, 
 Its I I t!rif:-\><M, J. .\.hii.h Ca|'- 
 net vvuii aic .iccouiHi'd tui ; 
 mild on|v be ljur.i.!ii.d into 
 iurr. Coik's K.ver: feu, as 
 ove '. hlervcd, theic ran he 
 e river to ilic Scnithu«id of 
 ir, or the liver ih;t rmpiitk 
 e Lake, a<i me y/mt 1 liaiii of 
 i'l'pioacii 10 ihc vcigr of 
 and Rivci. An- riier proof 
 e jjeii! I n..^ij ((nm «hol"e 
 timii wii'iiii I have ctdleittd 
 in:uri«iiuuu) met witii (wo 
 
 Indians, who came (as they faid) up* 
 river from the Nortlieni Pacific Oceatt 
 ail the way to tiie Slave Lake. They 
 hioiight him a blanket in 17S7, which 
 they received from vdTels whieh were 
 at the mouth of the river. They Taid 
 that the river they weic in is large td 
 the place of difcharf^o, and navi(>nb!e; 
 fo that, if we take thr latitude and lon- 
 gitude of the two rivcis, the euurfet, 
 and all the other eircumnnnces, ini6 
 confidcration, little doubt remains but 
 that ility are ihe fame. 
 
 In tlie Xorthein part of the Slave 
 L;ike time was a i;nMt ijuaniity of ice 
 on tlic n;th of July, i:S:; and in ihtt 
 year the Indians fr( m that lake pene- 
 trited North, and where the waters ebb 
 iind 1^ )vv. At tiie Nouherii Ocean they 
 tiict with and killed a nunitier of the 
 Elqiiiniaux Indians; which Indians are 
 to be found ()iilv on the b-.r.ks or 
 boiMidarv of t|,c ocean, fnan the Labra- 
 dor caft Nnrthudrd.aiid ihey are found 
 1)11 the whole txicnt fjf that coaft as far 
 Noitii as we have any knowledge.—— 
 Cook went as. far North as 72" or 7;% 
 and was there obftruftcd by tlie ice. He 
 w,;s there in Aiigufi. My informant 
 telK me, that, if he had been a month 
 later, he would have met with no ob- 
 finn'hon from ice in that qu ir!er. Thi» 
 I b-llcvc ; and at tli« niiddle of Septem- 
 ber he might have palled the Northeni 
 CO .0 of America, and have returrtid to 
 L.iiope by that rout?. On the North- 
 wtlUin coaK of Atnciica there isalaree 
 01 ioni» point of land, that extends to the 
 latitude m{ 7 I", or further, and then the 
 coaft ircnchci South-ta'lerly ; fo that* 
 when you at e in long. iiS*, the ocean 
 waftici the land in th:: latitude of 6!'.*|. 
 
 The inferences that I IJiall now drtW 
 •lie, 
 
 I. That Lake Superior lies in the firft 
 rani;e of liigh land , between this and the 
 \\ cflern Oc< an, 111 lai. 4*." 47*5 and the 
 watei;: ^1,1111 thence aie difcharjjed by 
 the river* St. I-a«ieree and Midillppi. 
 
 1. That the water, to the Weft ward 
 and Noiihuard uf ih it hike, up as high 
 as lat. 5!' and lor.y. t'.4", difcharge 
 themfelvcs, by an Eafiern courfe, Lnro 
 York River, wliith empties into Hud- 
 fon's Bay. 
 
 } That in lat. 58° lies the great 
 height of land, from wheiuc the wateia 
 divule and run Kallerly and Wellcily; 
 the foinicr int'> the Atlantic, and the 
 latter into the P.icific Ocian. 
 
 4. That the great !iuve L,ike it fh« 
 null Noithtily Taij^e piece of water be. 
 
 tore 
 
fore yo)i arrive at the Neirihern Ocenn ; 
 KDtl that the rivtr which rifes fmm that 
 lake empiiej ini" the Northern Ticihc 
 Oeeia, and ii the rivtr that Couk dif- 
 covered. 
 
 J. That in eify eommuiiicatiun with, 
 tM en idvaniagcous ccmnieicc, mav be 
 carried on hy portt ciiaMifhed <<n F^«kc» 
 8Uvc, Aral>alVa, aiut Pi-lican, .Vc. and 
 to dehvcr the fruits of the': commcici 
 at the mouth of Cfok's Hiver, to b« 
 thence ciirifl to China. iN; "t. ; anJ 
 that, as Cook t Rivir aiiJ tlic Umis <n 
 Slave I-akc, ArauAa, .S>c. are vet y linr, 
 fomc ailvantagtmi, fcttleintnts may be 
 made thereon, whicli inj> be Icntlicial 
 (o Government. 
 
 Tlie country abou' Aiabafka ii tx- 
 ceediuj'Jy lint, anil the ..iiiiKiie m. te 
 imoderate ilia-.i i: <■■ liert i \vliicli i. . ■•• 
 ing to its I'l ^pimiuity to ii.'. W'tiltiii 
 Ocean. I'Ue difl.mcc i* iiui im-ic than 
 SCO leagues, it lo inuih, .11 a Wtft- 
 I'outh-wtltcrn couilc. \V\. have a poll 
 there, as we have on the diffv-rent I^kes 
 from Lake Superior to tlic upj.ei md '■( 
 Slave Lake. Tlie nmnbcr ot pofls are 
 »i in that diftnncc, wheie tindeis are 
 pofied to iraJe with dirtereni tribes of 
 Indi.ms. Tlie diflancc fif.i.t this town 
 to tht head of Lake bupcrior is 750 
 ■ league!, and from the htnd of L^l-.e 
 Superio- to the great Slave Lake is icoo 
 IfSgues; in the whole, 1750 leav;uf».— 
 The perl'on from whom I had my infor- 
 mation is Peter Pond, wl»o was lupplicd 
 ^ilh the pioperinftrunienif litic to 1 .ke 
 Ilis latitude, and inftiuticd t iliy m the 
 kaowted|;e of <(iroiiom_v, ifcc. &.c. Mis 
 latitude it undoubtedly ii/l.t, and hit 
 loBgilude is nearly right. It w.is i.iken 
 by feme perioni i.nt from Yo;k River, 
 feveral hundied mile; 10 the \\ iftwaid 
 of iti and from thence, by the cou. les 
 •f the rivers and lakc>, no great iniUakc 
 can be n»;ult. Anotlitr man, by the 
 name of M ken/ic, was Kft by 1' .nd ,it 
 Slave Lake, with orders to go down the 
 tiver, and from thence to Unalalka, and 
 (o to Kam(kat(k^, and thence to Eng- 
 l«ad, through Rullia, &u It he metis 
 with no accident, you may have him 
 with you the next ywr. Vour>, ic. 
 

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