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than the proceeding Days, but chiefly larger and cover'd
with tall Pine Trees; at about 6 1/2 Miles distance
from Ma.twe.che.a.ma.ou. and on the same side passed
a Creek called Pe.to.ac.a.hi.gen. it appears in just
passing it to run from the NW, put up in the Evening
on the North Side of the River, our Days Journey
computed at 12 Miles, weather clear and
agreable, wind in the NW Quarter.

19th Saturday 19 Left our tent at 7 oClock this Morning,
after padling about 5 Miles, the Abbatibby a
pretty large Creek on the South Shore opened to us;
Our water to Day shouler than Yesterday, fore part of the
Day fine clear weather, in the Afternoon much Rain, that
and the leakiness of our Canoes obliged us to put up
at 1/2 past 4 oClock about 2 1/2 Miles aboved the Chipass
a Creek on the North Shore thus called by the Indians;
this Days Journey computed at 15 Miles Wind
in the SW Quarter, many Islands in the River
covered with large Pines, and Poplar Trees.

20th Sunday. this morning the Indians, their Canoes
being very leaky went in to the woods to get Pitch, or
a kind of Rozin from the Pine Trees, they did not return
till late, which occasioned its being 11 oClock before we
could set forward, at 1/2 past 3 oClock passed a Creek
on the North Shore called by the Indians To.ac.a.hi.gen.
put up at 1/2 past 5 oClock on a large Poplar Island,
the River so full of large Islands that it is an
impossibility to distinguish both Shores, our water to Day
of various Depths, a Gale of Wind from the SW Quarter
the Water in very great motion, and our Canoes
exceeding leaky, the banks on both sides the River moderately
high and covered with Pine and Poplar Trees, this Day
Journey computed at 10 miles

21st. Monday, left our Tent this morning at 7 oClock,
at ½past 11 stove one of our Canoes, the repairing of
which detained us one Hour, at ½ past 12 set foreward
again and paddled untill two oClock when we
put up on the North Side, and sent William Wood and
the two Indian Men into the Woods a hunting as
our Provision begun to grow Scant; at ½ past 4
oClock they returned having killed nothing but
2 Squirrels; this Day saw both Shores, the River
being near ½ a Mile across, the Banks much higher
than hitherto, wood the same as before, water
shoal, wind variable with Snow and Sleet,
Passed several small Falls, a few small Islands
in the River, one called Spo.gan.a.Mys.tick.
Pipe Island, from the Indians gathering a
particular Stone upon it of which they make their Pipes
this Days Journey computed at 11 Miles.

22nd. Tuesday, left our Tent at 8 oClock this Morning
at 11 oClock obliged to land our Canoes, they being
very leaky, and repair them, at ¼ after 12 set forward
again, at 2 our Canoes so full of Water they would
scarecly swim with us, stop'd again to repair them
at 5 oClock put up our Canoes then in exceeding
bad condition, occasioned by coming over so many