S4 THROUGH THE MAQKENZIE BASEN

& maumher of them, with the addition of belts and beautiful
islands of tsher, the sod beiug a loamy clay, unaiistakably
fertile, Nothing conld excel the beaaty ef thi region, not
even the falrest partions of Manitoba or Saskatchewan.

Qe the 18th we Snished ony derive over a like beantiful
preainis, slightly rolling, dotted with similar chimps of time
ber Hhe a great park, and carpeted with ripe strawberries

ai fowers, ineluding the wild mignaneita, the Inpin, and
the phdox.

Tiescending a vers long and crooked raving, we reached
the river Hat ai last, apon whieh is situated er Denvagen,
walled after the stronghold of the MeLeods af Skye, bnt alas!
with no MeChimzmaen ts weleome us with his echoing pipes !
Chink: deDonald, in kis seanty jovonal of Sh: George
Shapson’s canoe voyage in L889 from Undson’s Hay to the
Fanfic, does not give the date af which this post wax eatab
Uished, but mentions its abandonment in 1885, owhng to the
morder of a Mr. Haghes and forr men at Fort Sh Jobn by
the Beaver Tadisus Js had been revstablished by Chief
teader Campbell  Stmpsen, ie MeDornald, and Mr.
Mofillivrar, whe had embarked at Fort Chipewyan, where
Ske George Rhuself had served bis clerkship, spent a
day at Dunveg eu in August, resting and geltiug freak sup~
plies, The warring traders bad oudted in TSS], and this
voyage waa undertaken ia order fo harmonize the Indiass,
who, fron the hay to the opast, partiewlarby across the miown-
tans, kad heoume fleree partizang of one ar other af the great

sURpRBES,

“Sip feorge had his MeCrinuxan with bim in the shape af
ids piger, Colin Fraser, whe played and paraded before the
Trdims mest impressively in full Highbuul sestuma Deer
and boifale were numerous ix the region, and, during the
dav, Hdrtees sacks of pemmiorn were made for the parky
from xateriais stared at the fori. Simpson was famens in
those days for his awifh journeys with his celebrated Lraguols
sanomuen, They were made he Cancé du Meatirs, aa ik was

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