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6 miles
Tuesday Sept. 20 To Lake Creek
Made a rather late start as
the horses had taken the back
track. I went ahead to hunt,
and at night waited for the
horses at a good camping place
opposite the mouth of the branch
of the tributaries of the Ingensha,
a good sagged stream coming
in from the south.
The boys had had trouble
one of the horses falling over
a bank which caused them
to lose a lot of time so we
made but a short distance
though the trail was good.
Saw one rabbit in the morning
and a beaver and muskrat
at camp.
12 miles
Wednesday Sept 21 To Findlay
Made a good start and travelled
at a good rate for 6 hours
when we reached the Findlay.
Our course lay along the crest of
high banks for the most part, but
some of it through fine woods. We
passed one small stream about
an hour and a half from our camp.
The valley of the Ingensha continually
broadens and at its mouth
is at least a couple of miles
wide.
The poplars which now form
about half the forest covering
are now at their highest color
and combining with the bright
green of the pines and spruces
make the view of the valley a
most brilliant panorama.
The Findlay at the point where
we struck it is about 71 feet
wide at its present low stage,
occupying less than half its
width at high water. The valley is
fringed on either side by rather
high mountains some capped with snow.