Show the putnam river which lieutenant Stone yand his men returned from ei lonna 1 docs rocs to be tho principle liver in tho of laka it alos into inett just north of the ardic circle and w ii traced by betoney to the cast and northeast a dis tanca of or miles fai tin r thin the carwins corwins lauah went alio llio river receives many tn butakes butanes it cm atio north henia onty being shallow lapid ot a very low so botica ble was his litter peculiarity that the arcure ot the in the I 1 altom of tho hunch was noticeably aft on the tributary the al asibo cm of the water in some of the e stream was is low as six ind thirty eight aiom riom the south ern side there was but of magnitude aimed by lie indans the pah ncr w is utilized by hem a short only being naces try to leach aln ul on river which flows mouths iid to the bradin pot after a distance ot mile hom the mouth of the putnam compelled the men to take a skin canoe chich was towed against the current foi ican das ahe men compelled to wade in the gatei and lut twelve dailes a da were made at tho end ol 01 a week the men rive out and ant stoney determined to nial a hort cut across the counti this vis ac complis hed by hemelt ind a couple of men ibey carried i likht cinoc aloni with them and two carpe likas were found at the head of the brandi A couple of days were spent in cx with the canoe an adroin mountain a view for the east showing the putnam ner flowed on with undiminished volume the indians tint a weik journea further up here m a real lake which looked like the ei the return trip by ainoo the camp in in a houis the skin canoe was e pain utilized and in a single daiy diy they regi ined abo launch Sto explorations showed tha b means of a portages por can be maintained with the arctic midwinter the putnam e rises on the border ot th it ish possessions the countey is mountainous some peaks clearly defined others beins rounded the whole country northward seemed a mass of mountain peaks and the in deans described the country as being similar as far as the arctic the cli mate in is sant and the vegetation is generally luxuriant spruce joreh cottonwood birch and willow line the river bank on which flowers bloomed pi oduel abe natives were honest and they assisted in unloading the schoon er helped to get her over the bar ind reloaded her nothing was missed though many of the things were highly prized b eflein among tee specimens was the huge tusk of a samples of preen and black jade wera dlo found |