190 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



Wentzel was furnished with a list of the stores 

 that had been promised to Akaitcho and his party 

 as a remuneration for their services, as well as 

 with an official request to the North- West Com- 

 pany that these goods might be paid to them on 

 their next visit to Fort Providence, which they 

 expected to make in the latter part of November. 

 I desired him to mention this circumstance to the 

 Indians as an encouragement to their exertion in 

 our behalf, and to promise them an additional re- 

 ward for the supply of provision they should collect 

 at Fort Enterprise. 



If Mr. Wentzel met the Hook, or any of his 

 party, he was - instructed to assure them that he 

 was provided with the necessary documents to 

 get them payment for any meat they should put 

 en cache for our use ; and to acquaint them, that 

 we fully relied on their fulfilling every part of the 

 agreement they had made with us. Whenever 

 the Indians, whom he was to join at the Copper 

 Mountains, killed any animals on their way to 

 Fort Enterprise, he was requested to put en cache 

 whatever meat could be spared, placing conspicu- 

 ous marks to guide us to them ; and I particularly 

 begged he would employ them in hunting in our 

 service, immediately after his arrival at the house. 



When Mr. Wentzel's party had been supplied 

 with ammunition, our remaining stock consisted 



