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Cormack are extracted from the Newfoundland Journal of De- 

 cember last. — " That enterprising gentleman, W. E. Cormack, 

 Esq. who, it will be remembered, left this place about the 

 middle of September last, for the purpose of taking an excur- 

 sion into the interior of the country, with a view to discover the 

 retreat of the Red Indians, and with the ultimate object of in- 

 troducing them to civilized life, returned to this town on Wed- 

 nesday last, in a small schooner, from Twillingate. We have 

 had some conversation with Mr Cormack, and the follow- 

 ing may be regarded as a brief outline of the route which this 

 gentleman has taken. — ' Mr Cormack, accompanied by three 

 Indians, entered the mouth of the river Exploits, at the north- 

 west arm, and proceeded in a north-westerly direction, to HalPs 

 Bay, distant about forty or fifty miles. At about half-way, 

 namely, at Badger Bay Great Lake, he was encouraged by 

 finding some traces, indicating that a party of the Red Indians 

 had been at that place some time in the course of the preced- 

 ing year. From HalFs Bay, a westerly direction into the inte- 

 rior was taken, and about thirty miles were traversed, towards 

 Bay of Islands, and to the southward of White Bay, when, 

 discovering nothing that could assist him in his inquiries there, 

 Mr Cormack proceeded southwardly, to the Red Indians' Lake, 

 where he spent several days, examining the deserted encamp- 

 ments, and the remains of the tribe. At this place were found 

 several wooden cemeteries, one of which contained the remains 

 of Mary March and her husband, with those of others ; but, 

 discovering nothing which indicated that any of the living tribe 

 had recently been there, Mr Cormack rafted about seventy 

 miles down the river, touching at various places in his way, and 

 again reached the mouth of the Exploits, after an absence of 

 thirty days, and having traversed nearly 200 miles of the inte- 

 rior, encompassing most of the country which is known to have 

 been hitherto the favourite resort of the Indians. Mr Cormack 

 is decidedly of opinion that the tribe have taken refuge in some 

 sequestered spot in the neighbourhood of Bay Islands, west of 

 White Bay, or in the south-west part of the island ; and, having 

 found where they are iwt^ he apprehends very little difficulty 

 in finding where they really are. Mr Cormack has engaged 



