Monday, 26th, I got out to Grand Lake about 10 o'clock and was
very, very glad to get out again to the lake, but was very much
disappointed in the afternoon. I came along the south shore of the
lake and thinking I would make good time from there now to
Northwest River, and I would only follow the shore of the lake to
Northwest River, and besides no mountains to go over. I went about
2 miles and came to a river, which made me feel very bad about it,
and I did not know how I could ever get across, and could not make
a raft without an axe. I thought I would try any way to make a
raft, if I could only get wood to make a raft with. I followed the
river up. The banks were so high, and the swift current run so
swift along the steep banks, and the river very deep. I could not
drop a log in without it float right away, and also came to another
branch. This river branches off in two. I tried all afternoon to
cross at the main river so I would have only one river to cross;
but I could not there, as near the lake I will have two rivers to
cross at the forks.
I gave up and went down near the lake again. The ice was floating
down the river.
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