354 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 
versatility of our Indian companions, which gave 
us much uneasiness, as it regarded the safety of 
our faithful attendant Hepburn. When they 
heard, on their arrival last night, of his having 
been so long absent, they expressed the greatest 
solicitude about him, and the whole party im- 
mediately volunteered to go in search of him as 
soon as daylight permitted. Their resolutions, 
however, seemed to have been changed, in con- 
Sequence of the subsequent conversation we had 
with the chief, and we found all of them indisposed 
to proceed on that errand this morning ; and it 
was only by much entreaty, that three of the 
hunters and a boy were prevailed upon to go. 
They fortunately succeeded in their search, and 
we were — rejoiced to see Hepburn return 
with them in the afternoon, though much jaded 
by the fatigue he had undergone. He had got 
bewildered, as we had conjectured, in the foggy 
weather on the 25th, and had been wandering 
about ever since, except during half an hour that 
he slept yesterday. He had eaten only a. par- 
tridge and some berries, for his anxiety of mind 
had deprived him of appetite; and of a deer which 
he had shot, he took only the tongue, and the skin 
to protect himself from the wind and rain. This 
anxiety we learned from him was occasioned by 
the fear that the party which was about to de- 
