Volume 1

308 NORTH ANTLER CREEK—MOOSE MOUNTAIN.
in our favor, and at six o'clock we came to the little river
of Tete a la Biche." We had much trouble to cross it, in
mud up to our horses' bellies.
Here we stopped for the night on a beautiful high hill,
at the foot of which flowed the little river. From Riviere
la Souris we got some dry wood, and kindled a good fire.
A cool breeze sprang up from the N. W., and kept down
the mosquitoes. We had seen buffalo in great numbers
westward of us, and as they were just entering the rutting
season, they made a terrible bellowing during the night.
We found great plenty of pears along the little river, almost
ripe, and very good eating.
Our course this day has been about W. S. W., the same
as yesterday, mostly along the banks of the river, excepting
at some of the great windings, which we did not follow.
Riviere la Souris, thus far up, is but thinly wooded at some
;
places, there is none at all for several miles. The land
on each side is high, and stretches out into the level prairie ;
as far as the eye can reach no wood is to be seen in any
direction. The little river we have just crossed arises in a
range of hills called Tete a la Biche, about lo leagues W.
N. W. from this ; the banks are very high and free from
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Tete a la Biche was the name of a considerable elevation N. W. of Henry's
present position, now called Moose mt., and also of three streams which seek
Mouse r. from that quarter. The largest one of these is present Moose Mountain
cr., which comes S. E. from Moose Mountain 1., near Hurricane hills,
past Moose mt., and then turns S. to enter Mouse r., near Oxbow sta. of the
Souris branch of the C. P. Ry., in Tp, 3, R. ii, W. of the 2d initial merid.
This creek is nowhere near Henry's route. The first and second Tete a la
Eiche crs. he crosses at their mouths are those now known respectively as N.
Antler and S. Antler cr. They come from Moose mt. and vicinity, on approx.
parallel courses, run S., then loop E. from Assiniboia into Manitoba, and
finally nearly N., to fall into Mouse r. close together, at and near Sourisford,
in Tp. 2, R. xxvii, W. of the princ. merid., almost exactly at long. 101° W. N.
Antler cr. lies wholly in British America ; S. Antler cr. loops slightly over lat.
49° N., and thus enters the U. S., meandering the international boundary for
a few miles. Several lesser streams run parallel with these Antler crs., N. of
them, to fall into Mouse r. lower down, or lose themselves in sinks before
reaching it. Two, which effect a confluence, are called Graham cr. and Jackson
cr. ; Henry has passed them both, and camps at the mouth of N. Antler cr.