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... Eighteen miles from the Point brought us in sight of McCauslin’s, or “Uncle George’s,” as he was familiarly called by my companions, to whom he was w... ... of hard bread, ten pounds of “clear” pork, and a little tea, made up “Uncle George’s” pack. The last three articles were calculated to be provision e... ...lakes; and made the woods ring, between the claps of thunder, with such boat songs as we could remember. The horses stood sleek and shining with the r... ...e first rapid, a slight specimen of the stream we had to navigate. With Uncle George in the stern, and Tom in the bows, each using a spruce pole about ... ... on the water, we rowed by turns swiftly over its surface, singing such boat songs as we could remember. The shores seemed at an indefi nite distance ... ...ed a broad bay opposite the mouth of Moose River, before reaching the narrow strait at Mount Kineo, made what the voyageurs call a tra verse, and fou... ...f another similar party that seem to have spent their time there singing the songs of Zion. I was glad that I did not go to that mountain with such sl... ...ly prolongation of Chamberlain Lake, on our left, we entered through a short strait into a small lake a couple of miles over, called on the map Telasi... ...Indian’s pretence always. We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ’xpect we take in some water there, riv...