would make it absurd to believe the existence of such a thing; and had I not seen it myself, I should not have dar[ed] to advance a word on the subject; and even at the time that I saw this curiosity, I had neither leisure nor capacity to make a full investigation of its apparent origin, and formation, &c.

Computed Population of the Chipweans used to Frequent this post

The Territories of this Nation are so extensive, which allows them to run from one place to another as renders it im- to determine accurently the number of souls that make the Lake their local residence; as from their naturally unsettled disposition they very seldom attach themselves to a particular place for any long period of time.

In the Years 1801, – 2 & 3 – there were not fewer than fifty Tents that were at the Post at the Lake; which at an average, by allowing two Beaver hunters, two women, and four more including superannuated

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