He then jbanBfdierxo^ejBpIo» who
i»eitetrated4 sifar'hs theiake ofdlfca la’Ctfeix, te'iatimdi: «.ragp’NbJ^i,
and longkude ioS Weft. .
He, however, never after wintered among the Indi&SSHhoiigh %e
retained a large intereft in the trade, and a'principal {hare in thediree-'
Jabofcrs10 alid,^''^Hi^itaKty/-^fcclBri6
ftrangei whb vifited Canada;' I
■: The ‘fuecefx of this ^entlernan induced iotiiets
and in the fpringr.of
chi wine River, finding they^fcddfqwanitj? 8§<g Gfd'is4 ^ ^ r« § j*^ ^ ^ ^ $
put them into a joint flock, and, gave the'charge and management of
them to Mr. PfeterrsPond, who,j itfifouc
E o gK fliR d v e r^ ib .cd fed^ f-M ft^ cW fl^ J^ 'fM ^ ^ ^ a g^ aH g^ g^
ftill farter giffoffible/ t * A tlkW e^ ^ c^ ft^ h te fo^ n h r lS feM tV
frdm Indi£m rePbrt- In this ■ ehferprHe H e^ » ]^ h ^ Ia^ e to# S h d
pitched hisifec* obthe banks of the Elk R iv^%^h«r?oS§ofi0f h^led
the Athabafca River, about thirty-miles -froiirthe Lake of-the Hills/diitH
which it empties itfelf.. $
• Here he paffed the winter of 51778*9; fa W a vaft -eonfcourfe of the
Kmftcneaux and Chepewyan tribes, whoufed 10 Carry their furs* ahnitehf
to Churchill; the latter by;theibarren grounds/where! they ftffer^ihs
numerable hardfhips, and-wera.-fometimes even ftarved-to*death.-; The
former followed the ^urfe ^of the lakes and 'rifcrt, ifirbii^h a'eotiriWy;
that
Ülràt -^a|^p8#É^' iiiph®ïiS&dè>, • pie n ty of filh; but
thoughjthey ditd^pt.fijifihr fkim^Y^nt of food, the,intolerable fatigue o f
fuch-a journey, could nofc^e.eafil^rep.ajd to an Indian \ they were, there-
fôr>e/.hi^ly^artffiedr[byifeeinÿ^e:ppleoco.rne |o. thei»reohntry to-relieve
then* fifom fuch .1 ohg/itoilfotnfe/ and: dapgerbus. ijeuxnies -,t and we re immediately
reconciled tocgivman Advanced» price;for thé-articles-neeeflary
to their,||omforib :and .eonvènieneev o Mro fe>md’s r^haptibn and fucceft
waspiàçdo®dt*gly ! ihisLexpe^tioniisand... hej 'procured twiceas
many furs as his canoes would carry. They alfo fupplied him with as
tmieh pi^ifion;,as*fhBî re(juiredîHarifigfchië jrefidehM{ among them, and
foffifciertlfon hi& hàmeWard'AjoyageLt r6«Mshoôftfche! fatsos hefcould not
fembarkijidhe ffebhrfid îinaoçfe ft^rhis, wiotdlrhsÉtS|i^pd#';theyijTfeet%f0tm4 4hS
fdllbwih§5FeafenJinr’Éhe famle ftatein*Mhiufotefefoiteiivt0«
..LO^efe^iHoweverpwgreiihiiit paf tiafc advantagis*land éou^anot' prévent
th'e people oifUtBarirada frQmrfeeirig. tbepmpjOper coniili^i of fdme of their
affbciâles,:whi^fitréaidered itrdâhgdrons»;toi B^naÿa jany longer ; among the
native^ (»Mdft.bfcthem iwha ipafledi:4he;win|er.at therSalkateMwine, got
t&J thef Eaglebfaills) whëre/i in the ’fpîingvpf the; year t pHikavfe w > days pre-
ViO®s'l®5|h^rfiîBtôndc3d departure, iailairgesbandjof lndiansheing engaged
in drinking about their houles,.one of the traders* to eafe himfelf of th©
troublefame importunities~of a natiye, gave him a dofe of laudanum in
aPgl&fet $£-g*«gh Whidkofepiu^lly>jpre^ehted/ himsftOibogivingd furiiek
trouble tonrjy ©tmj:fbyf%bing himlaftoepvfig!r;«e'weéi This accident pro*
du ced - a fray f ib vAidb -on© '©fitke < tradhre, randt%rgrabb£ the men, were
kitte'dÿ^wfbSle .the reft had fno. bther meads toi ithemfelves -but by a
precipitate Slight, abandoning a confiderable; quantity of -goods, and
near