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On examining this are a critically it was found that there were three lakes of permanent water of fair size. The first of these known as Long Lake was the farthest north, lying at the northern end of the lake region. This lake was about three-quarters of a mile long and from 50 to 125 yards wide. It was grown with aquatic vegetation save for a small open space at the eastern end. Six miles south in a broad opening lay Be-e-khet-hum-nez, the largest permanent lake here, with a length of a mile and a breadth of half a mile. It was grown with vegetation save for an area of 160 acres in the southern end. Five miles farther south was To-teh-khih of Black Lake which was at the time one half mile long by one-eighth mile broad. It was nearly covered by aquatic growth. All of the lakes examined were swampy and ranged at the present time from 18 [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]] ^[[inches?]] to 4 feet deep and I was able to wade through them without trouble. In late summer and fall all were much more extensive. The beds of several other lakes were examined that were as large as these but that had better drainage and apparently were filled only during wet weather. Some of the smaller lakes in the woods were open but most of them were grown with [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]]^[[aquatic?]] vegetation. There were innumerable small hollows everywhere that from all appearances held water when it was raining but that now were dry. These had a belt of grass around the margin then an area of [[underlined]]Eleocharis [[/underlined]], all closely cropped while the center was usually dried black mud. The center was usually dried black mud. The entire surface was almost universally cut up into hollows and hummocks by horse and cattle tracks made while the mud was soft.

The region is one of strong, sweeping winds and has a considerable rainfall. Small showers came daily during the period of this work and the heavy driving rains of summer and fall were not faraway.