The Unjigah, its majestic and proper name, or the Tsa-hoo-dene-desay--"The Beaver Indian River"-- or the Amiskoo eeinnu Sepe of the Crees, which has the same meaning, has not taken root in our maps.

The traditional peace made between its warring tribes gave it its name, the Riviere la Paix of the French, which we have adopted, and by this name the river will doubtless be known when the Indians, whose home it has been for ages, have disappeared.
On the 24th our work here was completed, and we took to our boats, which were to float us down to Vermilion and Athabasca Lake.
During our stay, however, I had noted all the information that could be gained respecting the Upper Peace as an agricultural region, some of which I have already given.

The knowledge obtainable about the fertile areas of the hinterlands of a vast unsurveyed country like this, though not very ample, was no doubt trustworthy as far as it went.
Trappers and traders are confined to the water, as a rule, and see little land away from the shores of streams and lakes.

The only people who, through their employments, knew the interior well were the Indians and half-breed hunters.

It was the statements of these, therefore, and of the few prosperous farmers and stockmen scattered here and there, which afforded us our only reliable knowledge.
The most extensive prairies adjacent to the Upper Peace River are those to the north already described.