342 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 
portage on the north side of the Grizzle-Bear 
Lake, where the hunters had made a’ deposit of — 
meat, and there encamped to await their return, 
which happened at nine P.M. with the powder. 
We perceived from the direction of this lake, that 
considerable labour would have been spared if 
we had continued our course yesterday instead 
of striking off at the guide’s suggestion, as the 
bottom of this lake cannot be far separated from 
either Hunter’s Lake or the one to the westward 
of it, The chief and all the Indians went off to 
hunt, accompanied by Pierre St. Germain, the 
interpreter. They returned at night bringing 
some meat, and reported that they had put the 
carcasses of several rein-deer en cache. These 
were sent for early next morning, and as the 
weather was unusually warm, the thermometer, 
at noon, being 77°, we remained stationary all » 
day, that the women might prepare the meat fon 
keeping, by stripping the flesh from the bones 
and drying it in the sun over a slow fire. The 
hunters were again successful, and by the even- 
ing we had collected the carcasses of seventeen 
deer. As this was a sufficient store to serve us 
until we arrived at Winter Lake, the chief pro- 
posed that he and his hunters should proceed to 
_ that place and collect some provision against our 
atrival. He also requested that we would allow 
