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The wind continues unfavorable and we must remain here till it changes, the beaver islands are in sight and although wild, yet we have a beautiful encamping ground. A few miles back, we passed the mouth of seminirtion? river which runs a long distance into the interior and heads near Lake Superior; it is navigable for bottenaux? and canoes. Near us is Patterson? point, so called from a fur trader travelling in his canoe in former years from prairie du chain? to Mackinac. On his arrival at this place he was compelled to stop, in consequence of being wind bound. After waiting some time, he enquired of his oldest voyageur, if he could weather the point, and was answered that if he attempted it he would get his neck broken: like most traders, he was impatient of opposition and immediately ordered his canoe which was manned by eight men, to be loaded, and embarked with his crew and dog. In attempting to double the point, his canoe stuck and was dashed to pieces, and himself and all perished except the dog, who swam to shore. When Paterson was drowning, he called to the old man to save him, who only replied "did I not tell you that you would get your neck broke if you attempted it." The dog remained on the beach till the dead body of his master was washed to the shore, and remained by it till some other traders who were passing discovered it and then would not be taken away but by absolute force, when the body was buried. I took a walk some distance from our camp and observed the tracks of the wolf in the sand, and two Indian graves on a sandy hillock; they were covered in the usual manner and had the grave cut on as the totem of the family or band. When the snow is deep in the winter season, in this part of the country, the Indians frequently hunt the deer with snow-shoes. + the tomahawk. When they start the animal, the halloo + whoop, which induces the deer to retreat and in a short time to fatigue itself they then pursue him and when considerably exhausted + irritated, the animal will turn around and attack them. Their usual habit is, to jump behind a tree and either strike it in the head with the tomahawk or to fix a knife on a pole and spear it in the breast as it approaches. This moment about two Ottawa canoes with about unclear Indians, have come into our camp for the night. They have two young wood-chucks, or ground-hogs and a young porcupine in the bottom of the canoe among the children. They have an ancient stone axe, of the kind used before they knew the use of iron. They were fine looking Indians and appear to have every thing unclear with them even to a saw. On approaching the shore they threw their dogs over board as is usual.