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AMERICAN PORTAGES
another dam a mile below Rivière à l'Anglais.[1]
November 7th. Broke up the dam and proceeded to the pays plat, where the bed of the river being very broad with almost continuous ledges of rock and large stones, found great difficulty. Men in the water from 10 A. M. till after sunset, at which time only one batteau had got to the foot of the rifts (Petit Rocher). Most of the boats damaged.
November 8. Continued to work in the water to forward the boats. Sent down to Du Vernet, who was encamped at the fork of the Ouabache, for seven light pirogues and twenty-two men to assist in lightening the boats.
November 9. Set off from Petit Rocher. Arrived at the forks of the Ouabache at 3 P. M.
November 10. Repairing the boats and
- ↑ One of the most curious of errors. This river was called by the Indians Eel River, and is the name translated by the French, Rivière l' Anguille. Hamilton mistook this for l' Anglais, which name he used. Cf. Imlay's America, p. 402, where the name is spelled Longuille; American State Papers, vol. iv, p. 132; Gamelin's Journal, Id., p. 93.
