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pushing the canoe thro the tangled bushes & grapevines, for we passed thro forests which are usually ten feet above the river bank, we had a very fair example of voyaging by the time we arrived at the foot of the opposite bluffs, concealing our course in the "cattails" which bordered our landing to prevent its appropriation by some stray Indian, we proceeded to explore the surrounding country in search of this much-talked-of lake. What at a distance appeared a beautiful hill side crossed out: covered clothed with a green sward proved a steep ascent covered with thick grass & brambles