Wednesday Sept 16 We made air early start though we had some diffi culty looking in the surf. After paddling a few miles we were forced to put ashore on account of the wind The coast here so flat and nearly barren though back a half mile or so the spruce works in parallel to the shore. Shortly after noon we made another start and left along the coast which was much the same char acter until dark when we had to put ashore again suddenly by a thick fog which came on. The place where we landed was almost devoid of trees a few small spruces and willows being the only ones. but we got up a shelter made ourselves as comfortable as possible We saw few birds today Thursday Sept 17 It rained and blew hard during the night and was still blowing at daylight. I stunned some birds I had and about noon the wind went down so we were able to start again. When it cleared up a little we could see that we were near the end of the lake and we paddled the outfit half a mile or so from where we camped. I rammed considerably while we were crossing the narrow end of the lake to the N shore. We made for some tents where the Indians were drying fish and meeting one in a canoe we got him to show us the location of the red Fort 74B. This was on a piece of ground slightly higher than the surrounding marsh and set beside a narrow channel which connects a rounded bay half a mile or more in length with the main body of the Lake we entered this bay and after some search for a suitable