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Terregannoeuck, to see if he could obtain any 

 additional information respecting the country to 

 the eastward ; but he was disappointed at finding 

 that his aflfrighted family had not yet rejoined him, 

 and the old man could add nothing to his former 

 communication. The Doctor remarked that Ter- 

 regannoeuck had a great dislike to mentioning the 

 name of the Copper-Mine River, and that he 

 evaded the question with much dexterity as often 

 as it was put to him ; but that he willingly told 

 the name of a river to the eastward, and also of 

 his tribe. He attempted to persuade Augustus 

 to remain with him, and offered him one of his 

 daughters for a wife. These Esquimaux strike 

 fire with two stones, catching the sparks in the 

 down of the catkins of a willow. 



The despatches being finished were delivered 

 this evening to Mr. Wentzel, who parted from us 

 at eight P.M. with Parent, Gagnier, Dumas, and 

 Forcier, Canadians, whom I had discharged for 

 the purpose of reducing our expenditure of pro- 

 vision as much as possible. The remainder of 

 the party, including officers, amounted to twenty 

 persons. I made Mr. Wentzel acquainted with 

 the probable course of our future proceedings, and 

 mentioned to him that if we were far distant from 

 this river, when the season or other circumstances 

 rendered it necessary to put a stop to our ad- 



