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a fine Lake of clear Water which extended to an unknown distance, as darkness soon obstructed the light; I cast a small stone with all my strength, which I could hear fall into the Water, and made a horrible Echo, in those gloomy regions, here I found many Indian heiroglyphics, that appeared very Ancient, which time had covered with moss, upon the stones that constitutes the inside walls of the vault; this stone I observed cut as easy as Cheese, the same sort of stone is everywhere to be found in those parts of the Mississippi, the Cave is accessible from the edge of the River by ascending about fifteen feet up a steep narrow foot passage. A little distance form this Cave, is the great Burying place of three bands of the Naudowessie Nation, tho' this People have no stated residence for more than a few Months in a place, living in tents, yet I observed that they bring the Bones of their dead to this place, this is most commonly done in the spring, when their Chiefs of bands meet, and hold their Councils, and settle all public affairs for the summer following. Ten miles below the falls of St. Anthony, the River of St. Piere falls into the Mississippi from the West; this river is not mentioned by father Hennipin, in his travels thro' these parts, tho' a fair large River, the reason for this omission, I suppose to be owing to a small Island, that just locks out the prospect, at its entrance, I should not have discovered it, had I not taken a view from the highlands opposite, when I was in search for it. The Mississippi, from the St. Piere, is rather more rapid, to the [[catchword]] falls [[/catchword]]
