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DOWN T H E P E A C E KIN" EE. 99
The Red River, which joins the Peace about twenty- five
miles beJow tho Chute*, flows from the south with a course,
it was said, of about two hundred mile*, and up this beautiful
stream then1 are extensive prairies. The soil is very rich at
the confluence, and we noticed that in the garden at the little
Hudson's Bay Company's post., where we transacted our
business, •• egelahSe* and potatoes wen' further advanced than
at Vermilion, and some ears of wheat wen1 almost ripe. From
statements inade wo judged this to be a region well worth
special investigation: > t was, in fact, one of the most inviting
points for settlement we had seen on our journey.
Following down the Peace, some shoaly places were met
with in the afternoon, tho banks being low, sandy and uniform,
with open woods to the south. The current was stately,
but so slow that oars bad often to be used. A chilly sunset
was followed by alt exceedingly brilliant display of Northern
Lights, called by the Crees Pahkugh ka N © 6maichik—-" Tbe
Dance of the Spirit*." This generally prwages change; but
tbe day waa fine, and next morning we passed what are called
the Lower Rapids, below which tbe banks are lined by precipitous
walls of limestone, the river narrowing to less than half
of its previous width.
Landing at Peace Point, the traditional scene of tbe peace
between the Beaver* and the Chipewyans, or between the
Beavers and the Crees, as Mackenzie says, or all three, we
found it to be a wide and beautiful table- like prairie, begirt
with aspens, on which we ( lushed a pack of prairie chickens.
Below it, and looking upward beyond an island, a line of
timber, fringed along the water's edge with willows, sweeps
acre ™ * the view, met half- way by a wall of Uevonian rook,
whose alternate glitter and shade, in the strong sunshine
streaming from the east, seemed almost spectral.
The heavily timbered island added to the effect, and. with
a patch of limestone on its cheek, formed a strikingly
beau
» f tbe day was the vigorous
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| OCR | DOWN T H E P E A C E KIN" EE. 99 The Red River, which joins the Peace about twenty- five miles beJow tho Chute*, flows from the south with a course, it was said, of about two hundred mile*, and up this beautiful stream then1 are extensive prairies. The soil is very rich at the confluence, and we noticed that in the garden at the little Hudson's Bay Company's post., where we transacted our business, •• egelahSe* and potatoes wen' further advanced than at Vermilion, and some ears of wheat wen1 almost ripe. From statements inade wo judged this to be a region well worth special investigation: > t was, in fact, one of the most inviting points for settlement we had seen on our journey. Following down the Peace, some shoaly places were met with in the afternoon, tho banks being low, sandy and uniform, with open woods to the south. The current was stately, but so slow that oars bad often to be used. A chilly sunset was followed by alt exceedingly brilliant display of Northern Lights, called by the Crees Pahkugh ka N © 6maichik—-" Tbe Dance of the Spirit*." This generally prwages change; but tbe day waa fine, and next morning we passed what are called the Lower Rapids, below which tbe banks are lined by precipitous walls of limestone, the river narrowing to less than half of its previous width. Landing at Peace Point, the traditional scene of tbe peace between the Beaver* and the Chipewyans, or between the Beavers and the Crees, as Mackenzie says, or all three, we found it to be a wide and beautiful table- like prairie, begirt with aspens, on which we ( lushed a pack of prairie chickens. Below it, and looking upward beyond an island, a line of timber, fringed along the water's edge with willows, sweeps acre ™ * the view, met half- way by a wall of Uevonian rook, whose alternate glitter and shade, in the strong sunshine streaming from the east, seemed almost spectral. The heavily timbered island added to the effect, and. with a patch of limestone on its cheek, formed a strikingly beau » f tbe day was the vigorous |
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