The snow had ceased, and, the clouds becoming thinner, we were able to observe the direction of the sun, and to perceive that the trail ran north and south.

What should we do?
Was it safest to pursue our easterly course, or was it probable that by following this new path we should fall into the direct one we had been so long seeking?
If we decided to take the trail, should we go north or south?
Mr.Kinzie was for the latter.

He was of opinion we were still too far north--somewhere about the Grand Marais, or Kish-wau-kee.

Mr.Kellogg and Plante were for taking the northerly direction.

The latter was positive his bourgeois had already gone too far south--in fact, that we must now be in the neighborhood of the Illinois River.