It fell during the night and the whole party was buried under its ruins.
The length of our voyage today was in a direct line sixteen miles and a quarter on a South-South-West course.

We encamped soon after sunset and the tent was scarcely pitched when a heavy rain began, which continued all night.
Sixteen miles on the 11th and five on the following morning brought us to the commencement of Hayes River which is formed by the confluence of the Shamattawa and Steel Rivers.

Our observations place this spot in latitude 56 degrees 22 minutes 32 seconds North, longitude 93 degrees 1 minute 37 seconds West.

It is forty-eight miles and a half from York Factory including the windings of the river.

Steel River, through which our course lay, is about three hundred yards wide at its mouth; its banks have more elevation than those of Hayes River, but they shelve more gradually down to the stream and afford a tolerably good towing path, which compensates in some degree for the rapids and frequent shoals that impede its navigation.