Paul Kane's Journal of his Western Travels, 1846-1848 - History and ...

Paul Kane. THE LITTLE DALLES. October 2, 1847. Watercolor on paper, 5 '/2 X 9 1 /2". Collection, Stark Museum of Art.
in the way they are expected
another sign if the Mune
pases c10as to such a star
thy bregade will be here
tomonnow and acording to
the distance so they gudge
of time they may arive
21th. set 6 martin traps and
one steel found in cash.
28th. the long expected brigade
have arivd at last Mr. Mc Kin
= zey and the the guide with infonna
= tion that Mr. Low and his pa
= rtey will be here tomorrow
22!!!: Mr Low arived safe 9 days
in crossing
30th. Mr Low left for vancouver
with 4 boats. I am preparing to
leve to morow with 4 half breed
= es for the east side of the moun
= tains
31.st A fine day started at II ocl
in the morning after packing IS,
horses out of 56 which Mr Low
brought a cross the mountains
camped in the Grand bature know
snow, dredfull road in the points
()
of woods from somenny sorses [horses]
gon over it sutch a
short time before
1.st of Novmber
pased throe the Point de boan
about 10 m. my hors got into
mud hole whare thare was
nuthing seene but his
hed by the asistans of one of
the men I got him out
a live. what with they
horses sticking in the mud
packs falling off, they men
hollowing in Cree and swaring
in french (thare is know oaths
in the Indian languiges) I nev
=er pased sutch a day camped
at the bottum of the Grand Coat
2nd was up one our before day
asended the Grand Coat the
snow getting deper as we as
=ended one hors fell down a
pressapis of 25 or 30 feet with
a hevvy load and never hurt
him selph or disaranged the
load on his back, pased the
Punch Bowl (rather coald
Punch at present) though
sun is shining vrry bright
My bard is one mass of ise
Camped at the Campmaw de
fusee after dark had to come
here for foode for the horses
snow being to depe for them
higher up. from the top of
Grand Coat Genta1mans
wife straid a way from
a partey she was crosing
with and was never herd
of after though everry exertion
was made the trased her
steps to the river whare
it is seposed she lost her
way and tried to cross, feU
in and was dround
3d last knigh was the coal
=dest I ever camped out,
tried to wach myselph
the water frose in one
mas on my hare and beard
though I was standing c10as
to a large fire, pased the
Grand Bature the snow
decreesing as we desended
camped at the Campmaw
de Renall.
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