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called after Colonel Chaubus? + the ? after Major Green.- We are now preparing out supper, and as the sun has just, set I close my book for the day, and take my rest after partaking of a cup of good tea, some boiled Ham, Bread and butter unknown, and now lay me down to rest in our Cauvofs? House. The night was stormy, we had rain accompanied with thunder and lightning, and in the morning. June 20.- A strong head wind of a boisterous sea, so that we were weather bound + could not leave our Camp. At day light a vessel? passed us for Fort? Howard?, which caused me much to regret my having started? in a canoe. We observed this morning that we were in the neighborhood of several Bark Indian Huts, which are the Habitations of these Red men during the season they gather their corn, and of which they have considerable growing in a state of forwardness. we sat down to our breakfast at about 9 am and ate a comfortable meal, after which, too a walk of about three miles , following an indian trail or path saw this wild pigeon +black bird a number of the remains of indian lodges, but no Indians. the ground in many places was literally covered with the wild strawberry, the wild rose, wild pea, and several other kinds of flowers that I did not know. Here I also observed the {{Cypredium?]] or as it is sometimes called, Mocasin flower.

This part of the coast? abounds with fine building stone, which at some future period will no doubt be valuable -- the soil is fertile & the banks on the Lake beautiful. Some of the most commanding head lands run? the Lake and contribute much to please the eye of the passing traveler. You may sit on the shore under the shade of an oak that has passed a hundred winters and have within your reach, the wild grape, curant? and gooseberry. Our host Mr. William Holliday is the son of an Indian woman, married to a white man who is now our Indian Trader. He is possessed? of the strong traits of character generally found with persons of his unclear. Some years since, a white man who has been stolen by the Indians in his youth and brought up by them had done him an injury, but on meeting? him at the outlet of Lake Superior, presented? him his hand to shake which instead of taking, he spit into the palm thereof with the greatest contempt: Indian-like his opponent told him he should pay for it, and lay watching nearly all night with his gun to shoot him, and was only prevented from so doing for what of an opportunity.