[Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 by John Franklin]@TWC D-Link bookNarrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 CHAPTER II 32/63
He gave us a few of these fish, which afforded an acceptable supper.
Our voyage this day was thirty-four miles. _October 6_ .-- Little Jack River is the name given to a channel that winds among several large islands which separate Upper and Lower Play Green Lakes.
At the lower end of this channel, Big Jack River, a stream of considerable magnitude, falls into the lake.
Play Green is a translation of the appellation given to that lake by two bands of Indians, who met and held a festival on an island situated near its centre.
After leaving our encampment we sailed through Upper Play Green Lake, and arrived at Norway Point in the forenoon. The waters of Lake Winipeg, and of the rivers that run into it, the Saskatchawan in particular, are rendered turbid by the suspension of a large quantity of white clay.
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