America. The river red-lejk

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A little above on a valley, already on the coast of the river Red-Lejk, Thompson has found a trading post of the Northwest company and has lived in it short time. The spring impassability of roads has deprived of its possibility to go on sledge with dogs, and the ice drift has detained navigation on the rivers, but nevertheless after heavy devjatnadtsatidnevnogo travel to it managed to be reached lake Tertl from which, in its opinion, the river Mississipi follows. Actually Mississipi follows from the lake Itaska laying some to the south of lake Tertl.

Thompson has gone down on short distance downwards on Mississipi, has turned on the east in a direction to the river Saint Louis and has reached lakes Top. It has made shooting of its southern coast to Sault Sainte Marie then has turned back to I drag Gran-Portazh which has reached on June, 7th, 1798, is almost equal in a year after performance in a way from a Cumberland-house. On July, 14th it has acted again in a campaign, has risen to lake Or-AND-la-cross-country and from here has made shooting of the river Biver to lake La-Bish where has wintered.

1799 Thompson has devoted to the big travel further away on the West. He has visited the Fort-saskachsvap on Northern Saskatchevan, and therefrom has turned on the northwest to the river Pembine. On it it has proceeded to the Small lake Nevolnichego which shooting has made. Having returned on the river Atabaska to the Fort-poppy-marrej, it has reached lakes Jl-and-la-cross-country and therefrom the usual has by reached to voloka Gran-Portazh. After that it has returned on the river Saskatchevan and has wintered in the Fort-dzhordzhe.