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came pleased with all he saw ; I made him a few presents, 

 and shewed him the articles which were to be taken up for 

 his countrymen, consisting of blankets, woollen wrappers, 

 and shirts, beads, hatchets, knives, and tin-pots, thread, 

 and fish-hooks, with which he appeared much satisfied, and 

 regaled himself with tea and broiled venison, for we brought 

 down two haunches with us in the evening. A pair of 

 trowsers and vamps being made out of a blanket, and a 

 flannel shirt being presented to him, he put them on with 

 sensible pleasure, carefully avoiding any indecency ; being 

 under no restraint, lie occasionally went out, and he ex- 

 pressed a strong desire for canvass, pointing to a studding 

 sail which covered us in on one side ; and he lay down by 

 me during the night. Still my mind was somewhat dis- 

 turbed lest the native Indians, on the return of their com- 

 rade that had deserted us, might be induced, from his mis- 

 representation and from fear, to have quitted their wigwams 

 to observe our motions ; but I was willing to suppress my 

 alarm for the safely of our men left with them, judging that 

 , they would not be inclined to commit any violence, particu- 

 larly until they should see whether we returned and brought 

 back their companion ; 1 was moreover satisfied that the 

 conduct of my men would not give occasion for animosity. 



2oth. Wind N.N.E. and boisterous, with sleet; set out, 

 leaving only eight of the party behind. On coming up to 

 the river-head, we observed the tracks of three men crossing 

 the frozen lake in a direction for the other side of the river ; 

 the violence of the wind with the sleet and drift snow ren- 

 dered it laborious to get on, and the air was so thick at times 

 that the party could frequently not discern each other, al- 

 though at no great distance. When we had reached within 

 half-a-mile of the wigwams, the Indian, who walked some- 

 times on before and at other times by my side, pointed out 

 an arrow sticking in the ice ; we also perceived the recent 

 track of a sledge. At 2 P. M. we arrived at the wigwams, 

 when my apprehensions were unfortunately verified ; they 



