We then stretched ourselves out on the pine brush, and covered by a single blanket, enjoyed a night of sound repose.

The small quantity of bed-clothes we carried induced us to sleep without undressing.

Old Keskarrah followed a different plan; he stripped himself to the skin, and having toasted his body for a short time over the embers of the fire, he crept under his deer-skin and rags, previously spread out as smoothly as possible, and coiling himself up in a circular form, fell asleep instantly.

This custom of undressing to the skin even when lying in the open air is common to all the Indian tribes.

The thermometer at sunset stood at 29 deg..
Resuming our journey next morning we pursued a northerly course, but had to make a considerable circuit round the western ends of two lakes whose eastern extremities were hidden from our view.