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. RETURN OF A WAR PARTY. April. 1847. {Late <strong>1848</strong>-1856.} Oil on canvas. 18 x 29". Collection. Royal Ontario Museum.<br />
= end by a bed <strong>of</strong> luse rocks<br />
that extended for about 500<br />
up wards the rock moun<br />
-tan bing 1400feete<br />
that we had to climb when<br />
about 300. feet I stoped <strong>and</strong> sente the<br />
man a hed to see if he could find<br />
an opening to get out at the top<br />
while he was gon the Horse that<br />
he led came up the hill <strong>of</strong> <strong>his</strong> one<br />
acorde <strong>and</strong> put <strong>his</strong> sholder under<br />
the lode that the pack horse<br />
was with defacoltia st<strong>and</strong>ing under<br />
to assist him know dought we<br />
had to return about 10 m. <strong>and</strong> as<br />
= ended to the top throe a wilde<br />
<strong>and</strong> pictureck cuntree after a long<br />
sircut we made the Columbia again<br />
opiset to the mouth <strong>of</strong> a small<br />
river whare thare was sum Indi<br />
= ans camped who advised us to<br />
cross over <strong>and</strong> gow on that side<br />
as it was the shortest we tuck<br />
thare advise. they swam our ho<br />
rses a cross <strong>and</strong> camped the Indians<br />
gave us frish Salmon <strong>and</strong> berrys<br />
42<br />
lost my salt fish not good with<br />
out salt Indans cinde verry<br />
.ith left with an Indian as guide<br />
all day nothing but mountains<br />
to gow up <strong>and</strong> down made a<br />
long day <strong>and</strong> camped nere the Co<br />
= lumbia<br />
6!!!- started areley to arive at col<br />
= vill before night. Came to a high<br />
hill overlooking the Columbia <strong>and</strong><br />
sat down to injoy the prospect<br />
the wind blew frish thought<br />
I felt the hill muve gumed up<br />
thinking that the hole hill 1000 fee<br />
would be tembeled into the river<br />
below but on examening I found<br />
that nature had adepted the treese<br />
to the soyl <strong>and</strong> gave to each tree<br />
longer <strong>and</strong> more rutes then t<strong>his</strong><br />
would have required in a deper<br />
soyl there fore when treese ware<br />
muved by the wind the whole<br />
erth was muved by the long rutes<br />
I arived below the Cettle falls in<br />
the evening <strong>and</strong> swam my Horses<br />
a cross the river glad to see Mr. Louis<br />
once more. I remaned here untill the<br />
9th <strong>of</strong> September when I viseded<br />
Mr. Walkers <strong>and</strong> Ealls mishon (60 m.)<br />
whare I was moast cindeley<br />
receved I viseted the spocan<br />
in compey with Mr. Walker<br />
returned to Colvil on the 16.th.<strong>and</strong><br />
left here for the mountan on<br />
the 22 ~ <strong>of</strong> September in charge <strong>of</strong><br />
2 boats to mete the express from<br />
the other side <strong>of</strong> the mountains<br />
Weansday the 22d <strong>of</strong> September L P. M.<br />
fine wether camped above Days<br />
J ncampment<br />
23 Pased the littee Dalls, the men had to<br />
Climb over high rocks with the rope to<br />
pull<br />
the boat up the rapped<br />
24lli.Shot the largest wolf I ever saw<br />
trying to swim a cross the river<br />
scined him<br />
25th.Rane <strong>and</strong> a sail wind entered the<br />
Lakes 2 P.M.<br />
261h hevey rane in the night heavy mist<br />
for<br />
the last 3 mornings<br />
Kane/ <strong>Journal</strong>
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