Paul Kane's Journal of his Western Travels, 1846-1848 - History and ...
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<strong>Paul</strong> Kane. JASPER HOUSE. November 6, 1847. Waterco[oronpaper, jl/4X8 7 /s". Collection, Stark Museum <strong>of</strong> Art.<br />
haveing cilled 4 cheape we made<br />
a hartey supper n the coars<br />
<strong>of</strong> the night he entertained us<br />
with sories <strong>of</strong> <strong>his</strong> various hunts<br />
he saw to day 34 cheap the cun<br />
=trie abounds in cheap from<br />
the wether haveing ben so<br />
coald it has drove them<br />
from the interiour<br />
16th. I hav not slept so<br />
comfortabl for a long time as<br />
I did last night pased through<br />
jaspers Lake (12 m) the wind<br />
blew a perfect gale fortunut<br />
=eley in our faver with a per<br />
=fect cloud <strong>of</strong> drift snow it<br />
sent the sled along witho<br />
= ut the asistans <strong>of</strong> the dogs<br />
on leveing the lake we had<br />
to put on our snowshews<br />
caI\lped below the Lake 3 m.<br />
17U(<br />
started in good spiretes<br />
which ware sune to be dam<br />
=ped we found the ise verry<br />
bad one <strong>of</strong> the men had to<br />
push the sled along with a<br />
stick to help they dogs in<br />
the after none haveing got on<br />
to a bad pese <strong>of</strong> ise I went<br />
through the strenth <strong>of</strong> the<br />
cUl·ant caning me nerley<br />
under the ise whare I must<br />
have drowned I got my men<br />
to camp fore my cloas ware<br />
frosen stiff on the instant<br />
~<br />
missfortians never com<br />
single we found t<strong>his</strong> morning<br />
that the dog that Mr. Fraser<br />
lent me had deserted <strong>and</strong><br />
gon back though we had<br />
tied them everry night he<br />
had nawed the coard in<br />
too in the night t<strong>his</strong> may co<br />
= as me to leve my trunk<br />
behind pased the Gr<strong>and</strong><br />
raped at the bottum <strong>of</strong><br />
which was emence mass<br />
=es <strong>of</strong> ise called Burdenaws<br />
in sum parts <strong>of</strong> the river<br />
t<strong>his</strong> formed sutch barlors<br />
that it seemed at first<br />
imposable to pass we<br />
ware oblged to carry long<br />
stick <strong>and</strong> feele every step<br />
we tuck never putting our<br />
foot down without firs<br />
feeleing whether it was solid<br />
or not, one <strong>of</strong> the men went out <strong>of</strong><br />
sight through one <strong>of</strong> these<br />
unconsoladted masses <strong>of</strong> ise<br />
we have had a hard way <strong>of</strong> it<br />
my feete verry sore<br />
19th. t<strong>his</strong> morning had to<br />
go through the woods to av<br />
=oud the water that overfto<br />
=ad the ise the bruch <strong>and</strong> fall<br />
=en timber was so thick tha<br />
= t we had to cut a road<br />
for they dogs <strong>and</strong> was about<br />
a half a day gowing a half<br />
a mile we again got on to<br />
the burdanaws t<strong>his</strong> day has<br />
beep one <strong>of</strong> perfect misria<br />
20lb. last night was so coald<br />
that I could not slepe <strong>and</strong><br />
t<strong>his</strong> morning I had mal de ra<br />
= cket so bad that at times<br />
I thought I should faint<br />
mall de rackett is common<br />
among those that are not<br />
acustumed to walking on<br />
snow shews you get it in<br />
The American Art <strong>Journal</strong>/Volume XXI • Number 2<br />
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