He is not, however, invincible, and was soiled in one of his attempts by the artifice of an old woman, who succeeded in taking him captive.

She called in all the women of the tribe to aid in his punishment, and he escaped from their hands in a condition so filthy that it required all the waters of the Great Lake to wash him clean; and ever since that period it has been entitled to the appellation of Winipeg, or Muddy water.
Norway Point forms the extremity of a narrow peninsula which separates Play Green and Winipeg Lakes.

Buildings were first erected here by a party of Norwegians, who were driven away from the colony at Red River by the commotions which took place some time ago.

It is now a trading post belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company.

On landing at Norway House we met with Lord Selkirk's colonists, who had started from York Factory the day before us .-- These poor people were exceedingly pleased at meeting with us again in this wild country; having accompanied them across the Atlantic, they viewed us in the light of old acquaintances.
This post was under the charge of Mr.James Sutherland, to whom I am indebted for replacing a minute-hand on the chronometer, which was broken at the White Fall, and I had afterwards the satisfaction of finding that it went with extraordinary regularity.
The morning of the 7th October was beautifully clear, and the observations we obtained place Norway House in latitude 53 deg.