APPENDIX. 6SJ 



No. X. 



Hudson's Bay House, 

 London, 22d Oct. 1833. 



Angus Bethune, Esq, 

 Chief Factor, fyc. fyc. 

 Sault St. Mary's. 



Sir, 

 I am directed by the Governor and Committee to 

 acquaint you, that the packet by which this is sent will 

 be forwarded to your address in duplicate ; one copy, via 

 Montreal, to be transmitted from post to post by the 

 Grand River, and the other by the American mail, to 

 the care of the commanding officer of the garrison at 

 St. Mary's. It contains letters for Captain Back, ap- 

 prising him of the arrival of Capt. Ross in England; 

 and it is of great importance that he should receive 

 this information before his departure from his winter 

 quarters. 



I am therefore to request, that the copy which first 

 reaches you be sent on to the next post by a couple of 

 the most active men you can find, without the delay of 

 one day at St. Mary's; and that it be forwarded in like 

 manner, accompanied by this letter, with the utmost 

 expedition, from post to post, via Mishipicoton, the Pic, 

 Fort William, Lake La Pluie, via Riviere aux Roseau to 

 Red River, thence to Fort Pelly, Carlton, Isle a la 

 Crosse, Athabasca, and Great Slave Lake, until it 

 reaches its destination ; where, if due expedition be 

 observed, it ought to arrive early in April. 



