44? ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR. 



of the stores ordered last year were at Cum- 

 berland House, and the remainder would be 

 there before we reached that station. Of 

 pemmican Mr. Simpson anticipated a less plen- 

 tiful supply, on account of the migration of 

 the buffalo from the plains in the neighbour- 

 hood of Carlton and Edmonton, the two prin- 

 cipal posts for collecting that useful, and, to 

 us, indispensable provision. Yet, as orders had 

 been transmitted along the whole line of route 

 up to Great Slave Lake to hoard provision for 

 the expedition, there was every reason to be- 

 lieve that we should not be exposed to inconve- 

 nience. 



Two additional men were engaged by the 

 Governor ; and for the rest he recommended me 

 to go as speedily as possible to Norway House ; 

 where, by intercepting the different brigades of 

 boats on their way to Hudson's Bay, I might 

 have an opportunity of selecting a choice crew 

 of old hands. 



Two letters, which about this time I received 

 from Mr. Simpson, are so creditable to him, 

 both as regards his capacity as Governor and 

 his feelings as a man, that, though written 

 with no such view, I cannot deny myself the 

 gratification of making them public. If they 

 excite in others only a small part of the ad- 

 miration with which I regarded them, Mr. Simp- 



