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agreed on, and about one o'clock the second day, [[underline]] the box being laid in the same place, that it was when he left it, [[/underline]] the snake came and crawled in of his own accord. I observed that the main body of the Fox River came from the South West, while the Occisconsin River came from the North East, and that some of the waters in the small brooks that descended into these two Rivers doubled within a few feet of each other, a little south from the Carrying place, the one running more than two thousand miles into the Gulf of Mexico, rather west of South, * the other about two thousand Miles, falls into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, something [[note]] Calculated from the Ouisconsin Carrying place [[/note]] to the North of East; that waters so near each other, running such different courses, and falling into the seas at such amazing distances, is an instance hardly known in the extensive Continent of North America besides, I draw this conclusion, from the many observations that I had opportunities of making, upon the other different head branches of the St. Lawrence and Mississippi waters, of their affinity to each other, in the course of my travels the Year following. The 8th. of October got our own Canoes into the Occisconsin River, which at this place, is better than an hundred yards wide, and on the next day arrived at the great Town of the Saukies, tarried near this Town two days travelled over several Mountains to the south of the Town, took a view of the Mountains of Lead Ore, near fifteen miles from the Town, was on one of the highest of these Mountains when I could take a view of the Country for many miles which appeared like a meadow full of hay Cocks, these mountains are generally free from Timber, [[catchword]] there [[/catchword]]