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- àtàjSg* windjand fwèlh nhd encampedforste: .»igfet/vinsaiRder. (to j wait^fcUf^ur
Auguft. •*- “ . ^
'~-rrrv—r-> Indians.'* We;tben fefaoufr nèté;nitóê ai.ya.rd and mail, an<^gpmmë$iïfes
canoes, tOn vifiling theinefe/’weriound^fix white filh,, and two pike.-
©bciwomen gathered cranbejrxfeSialndeiôwhooeesjn gréait pleptym and
as. the night came on the weather became more moderate. >c
Monday*84. gjtj Qurmsts this tmorningjpWduced fodrteeji whhedBft'j tfih^fcesj’aBd a
couple p f trouts. At five; we embarked with a light ^breeze from,, the
- Sbuthÿ-wheàwe hoifted lailj andiproceeded «un In<|iainsi haCfe^
come up; with us. .-At iJe.veh.we-wentoiiifliores to prepâ're>èhe;k'ettle, and
dry the nek ? uah p®e iwei were agsiin oaMthferwat^hh At four in thé after-
noon, we, perceived a large canoe.with àTailÿand |wb fmaJh Oife ahdad 3
,we Joon came,up.with them, when ’they prowfed itg) fee MvLeRouxland an
Indian, with his family, who were; on an huntipg: party,lahdfrad heeninuit
twenty five dâys. It was his jhtëntjonüto hr&vie gème as fanaskthe xivérÿsto
Ipave à letter Tor me, to inform me of his fitajati$m£* He had feen no
more Indjam whered had deffehimr; but >had inadsMvpya^^to Lae la
Matte, where, he met eighteen fmall .canoes of the„SJaye.<Indians3.from
•whom he. obtained five packs rof* lkihshwhii‘%^were rpjiffl^ipAl^Aofcvof
the marten.j iThéxe were four Beaver Indians among.ithei®j JVHhorjJiad
bartered the, greateft part of the aboyeroootioDêdiaihi^les^whhithênig ibo^
fore his arrival. They informed himthatfotheir relation^*, had* .nions
*lkins, but that they, were afraid toyenture with- them, though* theylhad
been informed, that peopleiwer-e to-ctome with goods.to harten for jtbeih.
Jle gave thgfp,-people a pair of ice. chifels; eacfej, and ot:her'artjclçs3.' and
1fent..tfeem away to conduct their (ifieiidft; to the Slave Lake> where he
was tOi'remain/duririg the fucceeding winter, j,;
We fet three nets, and in a (hort tiSiie- cauaht twenty filh of different *789*
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kinds. In the dufk of the evening the. Eriglilh chief arrived with a molt 1—
pitiful account that he had like to ha ve heen,drowned in trying to follow
us; and that the other men had a id b very nar towefcape. Their canoe,
he faid, had broken on the fwell, at feme diftance from the Ihore, ’ but as
it was flat, they had with hisa-fliftance been-able to lave themfelyes. He
added, that he left them lamenting fëff’tfiey, Ihould' not overtake me, if
I did ;!lfbst? 'for them: he alfo expreffedj;his apprehensions that they
would not be able to repair their canoe. This evening I gave my men
fome rum td cheer them after their fatigtfés.
We role this morning at a latè hour/tMien wevifited the nets, which tuefday sg.
produced' but few* filh: ni’y pe©vp1e, indeed,. partook o f the (tores of
M. Le Roux. At eleven the young Indians arrived, and reproached me
for- having lèft them fo far behind. They had killed twp fwans, and
brought me one of them. The wind was,- Southerly throughout the day,
and too ftrong for us to depart, as wé were at the foot of a grand tra?
verfe. At noon I had an obfer.vation, which gave 61. Seg North lati-
tude. Subh was thé: flate o f .th’e! weather, that we could not vifit our
nets* In the afternoon the Iky darkened,; and there was lightning, accompanied:
with lotid claps of t h u n d e r . The wind 'alfo veered round to
the Weftward, and blew an hj#tj|Cahe.
: It rained throughout the night, and till eight in the morning, without w«fcef. 26.-
any alteration in the wind* The Indian$ weht|>h an- hunting pxptirfion,
but returned altogether wkhout fuccels dn rfhe evejling,* One o f them
was fo unfortunate as to mifs a m,opférdeer* In thé afternoon there were
heavy Ihowers, with thunder, See.
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