Diary, 1901, of trip with Alfred Emerson Preble to the Athabaska-Mackenzie region
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Fowga and caught a Microw sarthropnthus in my hands. He was among the rocks at the foot of a limestone bluff. We camped near the Middle Rapid and set out some traps for two years & mcreels. Saw August 16 Took no mice but Caught two male stragels. Ascended the middle & Doda Rapids. Collected some skulls at some Cabs, above the latter Rapid. High banks of the Grand Rapids Sandstone occur. Camped at night just before a heavy storm broke upon me. August 17. Proceeded on and about 4 o'clock reached the Brule Rapid which we ascended The day was cold and windy Shot a sparrow hawk. We camp- ed at night a short distance above the Brule Rapid. and set out some traps Aug. 18 We took no specimens in our traps, and remained in camp all day, it being Friday. One of the crew shot a moose a few miles away. We labelled the skulls which we had collected. Aug. 19 Started about 7 A.M. and about noon passed Little Buffalo River, at the mouth of which a great quantity of gas escapes. We camped at night about 8 miles below Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids Sandstone is exposed almost all the way between the Brule Rapid and Grand Rapids. August 20. Reached Grand Rapids about the middle of the afternoon where all the loads except the passengers baggage was portaged and the boats hauled up. The stuff was mostly carried up and two of the boats hauled up by dark. We camp- ed at the foot of the rapids.