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the other by railroad freight. All 6 first boxes were addressed to 

 Mr. Ross, but No. I, containing your Indian goods, is endorsed 

 R. Kennicott. No. 2 contains books for Mr. Ross, your new gun etc.; 

 all your things being in boxes bearing your address. The other 4 

 boxes are all for Mr. Ross and gentlemen of the Company. No. 6 

 is exclusively for gentleman on Slave Lake and MacKenzie, Clarke 

 and Reede. Nos. 7 and 8 are books for Norway house and R. Camp- 

 bell. No. 10 for Governor MacTavish and Donald Gunn. I think 

 Norway house will open its eyes at its books. We filled up that red 

 cassette sent down last year, and another box; novels, Smithsonian 

 publications, Pacific R. R. volumes to XII, etc. 



I don't suppose there will be any difficulty about your staying 

 North as long as you please, as far as the Company is concerned. 

 Sir George S., before his death, gave two more years anyhow. 



We can't afford to pay $30 for a silver fox, so if you can't trap 

 one yourself, and keep it, we must go without, we have a tolerable 

 Oregon specimen which answers to show the style. 



I am glad to know that you are so well provided under the Cir- 

 cumstances for the Yukon trade. I wish you had this year's outfit. 

 As to your application to Gov. McTavish to change the arrangement 

 of last year's boxes, I fear he won't have the opportunity, as he wrote 

 me that every thing went forward to Norway House last summer. I 

 begged him to see that Nos. i and 2 of 1861 go forward at any hazard. 

 We received a lot of Agassizian cans from Cambridge, and will send 

 off in a few days to be filled with alcohol in Chicago, and forwarded. 

 Each can will have a couple of pounds of arsenic in tin boxes also. 

 We will have sent two bags of No. 10 shot, and other supplies to Ft. 

 Chipewayan as desired. By the way, the alum and saltpetre will 

 probably preserve birds as well as arsenic. 



I have long since acknowledged the arrival (after a month delay) 

 of your letters of November 1859, with all their enclosures, registers, 

 etc., the series of the latter being complete. I hope you will not 

 have taken any extra trouble in re-copying them. 



I have sent Donald Gunn $50.00 received from Doctor Bryant 

 for the purpose to enable him to go egging round Winnipeg. I tell 

 him to turn it over to Gov. McTavish for you, if he don't go. 



Goodbye for the present and Hurrah for the Yukon. 



