Paul Kane's Journal of his Western Travels, 1846-1848 - History and ...
Paul Kane's Journal of his Western Travels, 1846-1848 - History and ...
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<strong>Paul</strong> Kane. MOUNT HOOD FROM FORT VANCOUVER. December. J846-June. 1847. Oil on paper, 8 x 13 )Is". Collection. Stark Museum<br />
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thing that we could pare<br />
behind 0 n t to load<br />
the men to mutch<br />
12 Cometee punch boaJ<br />
the hed waters <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Athabasca <strong>and</strong> Culumba<br />
13 the grond coat or big<br />
hill whitch we found<br />
a good days work to<br />
go down we met the<br />
guide <strong>and</strong> 8 men who<br />
came across from boat<br />
incumpment to<br />
assist us a cross<br />
14m. 17- 25<br />
t<strong>his</strong> rooming the first<br />
thing we had to do was<br />
to wade a River <strong>of</strong> a=<br />
= bout 70 yards the mor<br />
= ning verry coald our<br />
leggens siff with ise<br />
t<strong>his</strong> day in all we<br />
cro:;sed 17 Rivers<br />
151ll.<br />
After leveing a good w<br />
arm fire I crossed the<br />
depest River that we<br />
met with on owr jur<br />
= ney 25 ,before bedcfa<br />
- st takein <strong>of</strong>f owr sn<br />
36<br />
= ow- hew tocro s<strong>and</strong><br />
puting them on again<br />
30 in all t day<br />
the last part the wor<br />
= st haven to cros a swa<br />
= mp <strong>of</strong>3 Miles up to owr<br />
neese in ise <strong>and</strong> water<br />
when we arived at<br />
boat-incumpment<br />
they men wore so<br />
glad to see us that they<br />
sang <strong>and</strong> danced <strong>and</strong><br />
cut up all manner<br />
<strong>of</strong> cape res ware<br />
gowing to leve for<br />
Vancouver in 2 dayes had<br />
we not arived they<br />
haveing remaned for<br />
39 days they expected<br />
that we ware lost or<br />
turned back we had<br />
nothing to eale but<br />
dryed meat <strong>and</strong> not<br />
mutch <strong>of</strong> that the gra<br />
= test depth <strong>of</strong> snow<br />
in the mountens was<br />
5 or6 fete<br />
16 tJl<br />
got the conews decicy<br />
<strong>and</strong> imbarked I found<br />
theenerey the<br />
mo t beautifull that<br />
I have aver eene<br />
in aney cuntrey<br />
past the<br />
dall de more<br />
an rapped <strong>of</strong> deth.<br />
thare was 2 men cilled <strong>and</strong><br />
eatein here from starvation thare<br />
cenew haveing ben lost <strong>and</strong> thare<br />
parvishions run out one cilled 2<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>his</strong> companions <strong>and</strong> the forth<br />
one ascaped our guides father<br />
was one <strong>of</strong> the Olen clUed<br />
about 8 years a go thare was 14<br />
persons drouned here by the<br />
upseting <strong>of</strong> a canew<br />
was 2 dayes <strong>and</strong> nights in<br />
they lakes snowed hard<br />
all night verrey cold in<br />
the canew:; arived at colveD<br />
onthe20Ul.<br />
n jj·<br />
after carreying owr canews<br />
across l<strong>and</strong> for 2 Miles to<br />
avoud the Cettle falls we<br />
imbarced<br />
24th.<br />
the gr<strong>and</strong> rapped we<br />
lost one <strong>of</strong> our canews<br />
Kane / journal
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