The Kentucky Gazette

Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Montreal. to his friend and correspondent in Albany, dated the 25th March, 1795,

"You wrote to me for account of Mr. M'Kenzie's discoveries : I send you a small chart of his route. He set off from Lake Superior, and proceeded by Winepegon Lake to Churchill river and Lake la Cross --from thence to Arachabufeau Lake and up Peace river; after leaving the head of which, there is a carrying place of 1200 yards to the waters which fall to the westward-He entered this river and continued down it for about sixty leagues, where he met some Indians who informed him that the course of it. before it fell into the sea, would take him a month, and advised him to return to the forks of it, and from thence proceed by land—which he did ; and in fifteen days arrived at the sea. Here he procured a canoe, and with six Canadians and one Englishman proceed to the islands (called Queen Charlotte's islands)20 leagues from the main land; where he saw Indians, who informed him that vessels had been there about a fortnight before; they behaved very insolent, and attempted to destroy him and his men, which obliged him to return. He left the entrance of Peace river in May, and in October returned from where he first set out. He brought with him several sea Otters; and ordered a post to be established at the forks of the river which runs west. He pursued the same tract that I did to Lake la Cros. The next attempt will be Pasqueaw river, which will be much shorter than by Arachabufcau Lake : and in a few years, I make no doubt, but the road to the South Sea, will be as common as from York to Boston.

—I could not give so good a description of the country in a letter, as by the chart enclosed, which I hope will be amusing to you.

As the posts are to be given up in 1796, I make no doubt but many of the Americans will be adventuring in the Indian trade ;— which, however, I am afraid will be very disadvantageous in the beginning, as they will be at a loss for men experienced in the business."