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part of my journal. I also gathered some shells and took something to eat. When, having repaired our canoe, we resumed? our course and arrived at the unclear the Red Barks, famous in the early History of the Country, for a severe Indian fight. A war party of Menomenies? or Folle-a-voine? Indians, met? a party of Winebagoes? and a bloody battle was the consequence, in which the former were victorious?. The Indians say the ground was coloured red by the blood of the slain, which has never been washed out by time and is the circumstance from which it took its name. After the first day of the battle, the menomineis? pursued the Winebagoes? to Lake LeBeuf? and kept up the battle to that place, a distance of nearly one hundred miles through the wilderness. The Government have unclear the propriety? of withdrawing the troops from Fort Howard to this place, but have finally decided not to do so. The bark? is nearly perpendicular and about sixety? feet high. After proceeding about two miles farther on our way, we unclear Coloured River on the unclear side of the Bay. This stream is small at its mouth and takes it scribbled out side? in unclear Lake about a hundred + forty miles in the unclear, where the American Fur Company have a trading house under the control of my host, who is now returning to their unclear at Mackinac?, to settle his unclear for the last year. On the afore-mentioned Lake was a number of Indians from all tribes, and out of fifty Hunters, perhaps thirty are known to be unclear. Twelve miles further from this river is Minominie? river emptying likewise? into the Lake. This stream is large enough at its mouth to admit steam boats, has a Trading House conducted by unclear in opposition to the American Fur Company: also another Trader by the name of Law lives at its mouth. Here is a valuable unclear for white fish. This river takes its rise? several miles in The Country near Lake Superior, in what is called the Lake of the Indians which lake was formerly occupied by the first settlers, the French. We had some thunder -- during this afternoon but no rain and unclear forty five miles, unclear? on the point of Sturgion? Bay, so called from that winter that the Inhabitants unclear? them to the white settlement on Fox river by sleigh? unclear, frozen and appearing like wood?. Opposite to our Camp which is pitched for the night is unclear?, a pretty little spot, but uninhabited; on our point is a garden or unclear, unclear by the Indians. Cows?, Pumpkins, Potatoes xc. are growing extremely well and have been well hoed. Unclear? unclear in the middle of the Bay is in sight, and about two miles below is unclear Island?: the first