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[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.

                                                               

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. distnt 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