Point Lake varied, as far as they traced, from one to three miles in width. Its main course was nearly east and west, but several arms branched off in different directions. I was much pleased with the able manner in which these officers executed the service they had been despatched upon, and was gratified to learn from them, that their companions had conducted themselves extremely well, and borne the fatigues of their journey most cheerfully. They scarcely ever had more than sufficient fuel to boil the kettle; and were generally obliged to lie down in their wet clothes, and consequently, suffered much from cold.
The distance which the parties travelled, in their journey to and from Point Lake, may be estimated at one hundred and ten statute miles, which being added to the distances given in the preceding pages, amount to one thousand five hundred and twenty miles that the Expedition travelled in 1820, up to the time of its residence at Fort Enterprise.
1. Original had a superfluous "C" in the year of publication ("MDCCCCXXIV"); corrected to "MDCCCXXIV" (1824).
2. "Holy Lake" is inconsistent with the three occurrences in the text, which are all spelled "Holey Lake"; same in chapter sub-header.
3. Added "à" missing in original in "Isle à la Crosse".
4. Symbol for seconds in original misprinted (56',); corrected to quotation mark (56").
5. Original used comma instead of decimal point; corrected to "39.5°".
6. Original had "were"; corrected to "where".
7. Original had "sienite"; changed to "syenite".
8. Original had "come"; corrected to "came".
9. Original had "tress"; corrected to "trees".
10. Original had "cosequence"; corrected to "consequence".
12. Original had comma after 83° 14' 22"; corrected to period.
13. Original had "th weeather"; corrected to "the weather".
14. Original had "dependant"; changed to "dependent".
15. Original had "Copper-mine"; changed to "Copper-Mine" to be consistent with other occurrences in the text.
16. "Mississippi" is most likely a misprint for "Missinippi", i.e. Churchill river.
17. Original had "McKenzie's"; changed to "Mackenzie's" to be consistent with other occurrences in the text.
18. Original had "dependant"; changed to "dependent".
19. Original had "agreeble"; corrected to "agreeable".