afterwards of their wounds. He also related
the following anecdote:

A considerable altercation arose amongst the
Indians on the review ground, relative to a
Commander-in-Chief. Some were in favor of
Buckangehelas

, a principal chief amongst the
Delawares, whilst others were in favor of the
Little Turtle. At length Buckangehelas himself
decided the controversy by yielding to the Little
Turtle, saying that he was the youngest and most
active man, and that he preferred him to him-
self. This reconciled the parties, and the Little
Turtle took the command.

We also rode to view a prairie which extends
from the St. Mary's river to the Little river, a
branch of the Wabash. The distance from one
to the other is not more than four miles, and
the highest ground is not more than five feet
above the water in either river. The Indians
say that in high freshets they have passed from
one water to the other in their canoes. A canal
might easily be cut here, and at a small expense,
by which the waters of the lakes and the waters
of the Ohio, (and of course the Mississippi)
would be connected. An abundance of furs
and skins taken on the waters of the Ohio and
the Wabash, are brought up the latter river in
boats by the Canadians and the Indians, and
thence taken across a portage of eight miles to
the Miami

of the Lakes,* *The Maumee river. whence they are