The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-23
DIR. BELLS RIVER.
He Didn't Discover IL, but 1t Is nm INFER
esfing Stream.

He Didn't Discover IL, but 1t - an ih'e'
esting Stream.
QUEBEC, Oct. 1.-The river foiio"eu
by DR.. Bell. of Ottawa. from the he's"'
OF Land to James Bay. was neither us
covered by him. nor is 1t a ne" w.
nor Is 1t anything Ike the sNui III
length of North American rivers. WI
yet. Is 1t river for which as yet me
Indians have no name. Ii is the Notla-
way river, the word NottaWay peins '"e
name applied by the Indians VINO ire
quent IL to the Iroquois. 1hough oni'
its mouth and general direction appear
upon the map. the major poruVi vi ~
including its upper water anu iliain 'iID l,u,
taries-the Nekiskan ana " as"a"iPi
rivers-was explored last year oy eur
veyor Henry O'Sulliyan, Oh the Olo"n
Lands Department, OF the province Vi
Quebec. His discoveries were not n'dne
public. because his survey was con
iidentiai one. 10 aid the GoVeiiine"' "a
Quebec In making good its claim ~ the
territory in question. NOW thdt 'ne
value of the newly-explored territory
has been made public. the Quebec Gov
eminent, without awaiting any longer
the action of the Federal AUTHORITIES
has enlarged the boundaries OF It's own
province, and changed it, northern hl''e
upon the official mar - the pIoNi"V"
10 the East Main river, "'ich ho"s i''o
James Bay from the east.
The Mekiskan and Wasnawipi rivers
unite i'm large lake, out OF Whlch W
Nottaway flows. Their Names VIM"
were given them by the Indians sis
Nifty, the former, fishing-hook' anu 'n'
latter spear. Tor the lnu-a"S -
quantities of large fish with nook anu
immense size at the mouth OF 'he
wanpi. ,,,..
MIR. O'sullivan found that the Height
OF Land between the headWaters Ol INC
Ottawa and those flowing TOWARDS nun
son Bay is thirty miles further 10 t"e
South than heretofore supposed WNich
gives a somewhat larger area 10 pe
drained by Or. Bells new Nile Oh .'o
North" O'suIIivan further reports tha'
the actual watershed between huusoh
Bay and the headwaters OF the O''1" q
is so narrow and unimpoi taht 'ldV !.
would require but cutting Oh 49,
fifty feet TO divert a cohslueiaDie ~
lion of the latter 10 James Bay Much
Of What Or Reu reports as to the vol
une OF water I'm the MekisAan, ana lhe
richness of the country that II drains Is
simnlv a repetitlon Of Mr.. OSulllNah
ren1rt a confidential copy OF WHICH, To-
eether with a tracing OF the river "as
sunn1ied 10 Dr. Bell before he s'ar'eu
uon his expedition. -, Ian,
some of the richest agricultural lahu
I'm Canada has been found oet"s
Height of land and the northern iin'.'
o,suIlivan's survey. which Is ABOUT
hundred miles from the mouth VI Wy, ,'o
big river Its area Is IN excess Vi -,
square miles, or 5Z0w'Wp acres De.''s
equal TO the whole OF Ehslahu aiIi ,',.,
,bird larger than Ireland. NaluaDic
snr,,ce and other timber are also fouhd
In most Of the tract in question:
Wetetnaeami. which is another name
annlied 10 Match ManitOu, or MS saDle
Natestv Is the name Of lake louhd 10y
o,Snrfvan. sixteen miles in length ne
fo,,rd Lake Waswanipi 10 be over twenty
miles long. and Lake Pakitamika 10 De
over thirty miles long, ana very pioar
-, tte ,,r,,c- end Where OSullvan lett
the HE river. il was over a mile III
width and very deep and swift SOME
of its lake expansions are very wac.
Fish OF immense size lnhaDlt HiVS'
the waters visited by OSull-Na"'
nike which was caught by MN "eiBneu
over twenty-five pounds ana lo"eu No
canoe quite a distance down ud'h
ous ranid Very heavy trout OF po'h
Eur-bearing animals are so abundant 'hat
on otter creek. a feeder or the sou1h
branch of the Waswanipi river the parry
found il necessary on one afternoon 10
l,reak through seven beaver-dams III
succession. one of OSulllVah VI
tawa Indians. noticing how plentiiui
hotb the HEAVIER and otter were mere eA-
messed his determination TO return ana
take a Waswanipi woman TO WIZ III
order 10 have the right 10 hunt tnere'
All northern Indian families nave their
alIotted hunting-grounds, and TINS hereui-
tarv right is vested in the woman o"lhs
IN the difficulty Of tracing the paternity
of Indian children. Any man marrying
an Indian woman in this territory mas
the right of hunting in her grounds
some of the principal discoveries re-
norted by Mr.. O'sullivan, outside Oh 'he
yaiuah'e timber and immense tracts OF
arabic land. are those OF "A large aeposl'
of soapstone. Of another OF red marple'
and of lake, through which the Mehis-
ran flows. called Shabokoma, nearly
Gftv miles long. and from one to six wide.
New York sun.