or Poplar Fort; in the year 1780 or 81 the Indians made an attempt to pillage the Traders Mesrs. Bruce and Boyer and in the Scuffle that ensued' two French men and Seven Indians were killed upon the spot: Owing to this affair the traders were obliged for fear of being cut off to reembark in their canoes and return to winter at the Forks; and the small Pox seizing the natives and sweeping off three fourths of them compelled them to lay aside their intentions of cutting off all the white men in the interior country as providence would have it. Above the Fort des Trembles is a wood called La grande Trembleiere which stretches stretches a considerable distance into the plains so that the common road is through the centre of it; this wood is about three leagues long but may be avoided by Striking out through the plains at Portage La Prairie; Above the Grande Trembleiere, the soil changes Suddenly, the lower parts from the River aux Morts to the extremity of the grande Trembleiere being generally a good Soil susceptible of Culture and

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