There Can Be No Doubt But That The "Two
Daring Traders Who In 1658 Penetrated To Lake Superior," And Dwelt On The
Great River, Were Radisson And Des Groseilliers, Who Repeated Their Journey
A Few Years After, Described In This Narrative.
The "Pictured Rocks" and
the "Doric Rock" were so named in Governor Cass's and Schoolcraft's
Travels in 1820.] that ever saw it.
There is in that place caves very
deepe, caused by the same violence. We must looke to ourselves, and take
time with our small boats. The coast of rocks is 5 or 6 leagues, and there
scarce a place to putt a boat in assurance from the waves. When the lake is
agitated the waves goeth in these concavities with force and make a most
horrible noise, most like the shooting of great guns.
Some dayes afterwards we arrived to a very beautifull point of sand where
there are 3 beautifull islands, [Footnote: "Three beautiful islands." In
Cass's and Schoolcraft's Travels (1820) through the chain of American
lakes these islands are called Huron Islands, and the bay beyond is marked
on their map "Keweena Bay."] that we called of the Trinity; there be 3 in
triangle. From this place we discovered a bay very deepe, where a river
empties its selfe with a noise for the quantitie & dept of the water. We
must stay there 3 dayes to wait for faire weather to make the Trainage,
which was about 6 leagues wide. Soe done, we came to the mouth of a small
river, where we killed some Oriniacks.
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