SUPPLY OF FOOD. Qgg 



might be no leisure for brooding over their 

 privations, I sent Mr. King with the whole of 

 them, including those at the house, to drag the 

 iron work, together with such planking as the 

 carpenters might have ready, to a bay on the 

 western borders of Artillery Lake, where I in- 

 tended the boats to be built. 



This was occupation for four or five days, and 

 in the meantime I fervently hoped that some fa- 

 vourable change might take place. Nor in this 

 instance was I deceived ; for no sooner had we 

 enjoyed the calm consolation of divine service 

 on the following Sunday, than the yelping of a 

 dog too weak to do any thing else notified the 

 approach of strange feet, and I was met at the 

 hall door by the old Camarade de Mandeville. 

 Accustomed to see the Indians empty-handed, 

 it never occurred to me to inquire if he had 

 brought any thing; and after the usual bon 

 jour, which these people have learned from the 

 Canadians, I proceeded to explain the reason 

 why he found me alone. " You have no provi- 

 sion then," said he ; " tiens ! the dogs are eating 

 it ; " and opening the door, to my great surprise 

 and no less joy, he pointed to an Indian youth, 

 who was leaning on his gun, and looking at two 

 sledges of dried meat which the Camarade and 

 he had dragged from their lodges, five days' 

 journey distant. 



