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running up of the sturgeon; the Little Turtle very humorously proposed to Johnson a project, which was to join in building a stone dam at the junction of the two rivers, to prevent the sturgeon from getting back again to the lake, and then said he you and I will live on them this summer. We observed to-day (15th,) several hunting and sugar camps, and went on shore to visit two of the latter. The camps were well supplied with jerk venison, dried raccoon, sturgeon, &;c.; one man only was at the camp, and he was em-ployed with his knife in making a paddle for his canoe. A squaw was knitting a bag, and an-other was preparing the bark of the buckeye for thread, strings, &;c., by beating it with a piece of wood. We saw amongst them several fat and healthy looking children, who were playful and did not appear to be afraid of us. The children presented us with a quarter of fresh venison, for which we returned them some salt meat and bis-cuit, with which they were pleased. Here we saw a child about six months old fixed to a board in the genuine Indian fashion. The board was straight, about fifteen inches in width, and two and a half feet in length, having at its head a circular handle, and at the foot a small ledge To this the child was lashed by cloth bandages, and so tight that it could not move hand or foot. The board was placed against a tree, almost per-pendicularly, and the infant asleep- of course in a standing position. The child was painted very