[Lewis:]
Information of Mr.
John Hay, commencing at the discharge
of the Ottertail Lake, which forms
the source of the Red
River, to his winter station on the Assinneboin
River.
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From Ottertail Lake |
Leagues |
To the Shugar
rappid |
18. |
Buffaloe River—N.
Side |
10. |
Commencement of shaved
prarie |
9. |
Expiration of D°.
d°. |
18. |
{Tho' on a
streight line not thought more than
6.
leagues} |
|
Stinking bird river, South
side |
60. |
(heads with river
St. Peters) |
|
Shayen or
Shaha South side |
14. |
River au Bouf North
side |
4. |
Tree River South
side |
10. |
Wild oates river N.
Side |
2. |
Goose river South
side |
7. |
Pond River S.
side |
1/3 |
Sand Hill river—not
certain but b[e]lieved to be on the
South
side |
5. |
To the grand fork or Red Lake River N.
Side |
20. |
Turtle river S.
Side |
3. |
Dirty water river S.
side |
3. |
Salt water river N. side at the
head of this river is a salt
spring |
18. |
Pierced wood river N.
S. |
12. |
Pembenar river N.
S. |
3. |
To a wintering establishment of the
N. W. Company on
the S.
side |
8. |
Paemicon river S.
side |
3. |
Mr. Reaum's
Fort S. side 1792 |
1/3 |
Pond river S.
side |
14. |
Kuckould burr river S.
side |
3 1/2 |
Rat river N
side |
7. |
Assinniboin N
side |
161/2 |
|
269 |
Dead river S.
side |
8. |
Lake
Winnepique |
10. |
From the mouth of the
Assinaboin up the same to
To the mouth of Mouse River S
side |
139 1/2 |
Notes—1) the general course of the red River from Leaf river to
the mouth of the assinnaboin is due West
(2d.) the River Pembenar heads in three large lakes bearing as it
proceds upwards towards the Assinnaboin—the first lake three leagues
in length and 1 in width, the
turtle mountain bearing S W. dist
nt 7
leagues, the
second smaller lying N N W. not very distant from the
former the third and
last large and extending within a few miles of the
mouth of Mouse river
branch of the Assinnaboin
(3) Salt is made in sundry places on the Red
river (to it) [to wit]
just below the mouth of river Pembenar on the S.
side head of salt
river, also on the South side of the red river a little
way below the dirty
water river