Fourth Voyage of Peter Esprit Radisson (1659-1660) : an excerpt from Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson, being an account of his travels and experiences among the North American Indians, from 1652 to 1684.

              Peter Efprit Radiffon. 221
forced to make cariages 5 dayes through the woods. After we mett w*^' a company that did us a great deale of fervice, ffor they carryed what we had, and arrived att the appointed place before 3 dayes ended. Here we made a fort Att our arrivall we found att leaft 20 cottages full.
One very faire evening we went to finde v^hat we hide be¬ fore, w"^ we finde in a good condition. We went about to execut our refolution, fforfeeing that we muft ftay that yeare there, ffor w"^^ wee weare not very ferry, being refolved to know what we heard before. We waited untill the Ice fliould vanifh, but received [news] that the Odanaks built a fort on the point that formes that Bay, w^^ re- fembles a fmall lake. We went towards it w^^ all fpeede. We had a great ftore of booty w'^^ we would not truft to y^ wildmen, ffor the occafion makes y^ thiefe. We over- loaded our flide on that rotten Ice, and the further we went the Sun was ftronger, w"^ made our Trainage have more difficultie. I feeing my brother fo ftrained, I tooke y^ flide, w*"^ was heavier then mine, and he mine. Being in that extent above foure leagues from y® ground, we funke downe above the one halfe of y' legge in the Ice, and muft advance in fpight of our teeth. To leave our booty was to undoe us. We ftrived fo that I hurted myfelfe in fo much that I could not ftand up right, nor any further. This putt us in great trouble. Uppon this I advifed my brother to leave me w* his flide. We putt the two fleds one by an¬ other. I tooke fome cloathes to cover mee. After I ftripped myfelfe from my wett cloathes, I layed myfelfe downe on the flide; my brother leaves me to the keeping of that good God. We had not above two leagues more to goe.    He makes
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