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Paul Kane. TWO PORTRAIT
STUDIES: AN
ASS) IBOINE
AND A SAUL TEAUX GIRL.
July 5, 1846. Watercolor on
paper, 5 1 /4 .x 7 1 /4". Collection,
Royal Ontario Museum.
The Sau/teaux woman,
shown on the right, is probably
The Constant Sky.
We fund a grate want
of water on our return
as the sesan had been
dry campt put up my
tent and hoppeled they
Horses and cooked my one
supper all a lone as my
man was to cick to asist
Met a grate quantutee of
wolfs and stray dogs
30th
Camped at pambani
after a hard days ride
31 th
found it hard to
cetch they horses saw
a large Wolf tride to
get a shot to wild
Nere sundown we got
into a large swamp
about 14 miles acros when
in the middle my man
told me he could go no
further as he was
to sick could get no
~urther put up my tent
and eat my supper of
dride Buffalo meete
lade down in the swamp
muscitose in millions
could not sleepe ext
morning I had to wade
up to my middle in
water to cetch they
Horses
).s1of July
My man thought
that he could drive
the horse alone. after helping
him acros a
river whare they horses
had to nerely swim
called stincun river
I left him and started
alone for Red River
I got along vrrey well
until I got to swamp an lake
whitch I atemted to cross
I sune found my horse
up to his neck. I tride
to return but all in
vane I could get nother
back nor fowrward I
now got off and sank
up to the neck in mud
and water, got on dry land
and with a long line rna
= neged to drag the horse
a shore. Mounted and tried
to cross in another plase
but with the same res
= u1t I got off and wacked
abed and draged him
after me got on dry ground
and found that I was in
the midst of a large
swamp J got on and tried
to fors my Hors thru
he sank up to his belley
and would go no further
I got offagane and led
him about 6 mile up to
th middJe in watar
10 t my way and after
a grate dele of trubble
I got out on the Asne=
= boin river and foUow
= ed tHe corse of the curre
= nt untill I arived at
fort Garey wet and tired
I here receved word from
the Govemer that thare
would be 2 Slop leve
the lowr fort far
Norway House bid good
by to my cind host Mr.
Cristey and left for the lowr
Fort I left the settelment
in companey with Mr.
Simson a brother in law of
the Governur slept at
the reverant Mr. Smthe
ers. said 2 day's at the mouth
of the Red River wating
for a fore wind wnt in
the small boat up the
{1be next six lines are written
upside down.]
My man arived the same
day but from the fateges
of the gurney mad the
sickness he had before
he died his name was
Frances de gurlay
Kane I Journal