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unable to practise the caution he so judiciously 

 recommended. 



Boudel-kell, the youngest of the Indians, after 

 resting about an hour, returned to Akaitcho with 

 tlie intelligence of our situation, and he conveyed 

 a note from me to Mr. Back, requesting another 

 supply of meat as soon as possible. The two 

 others, *• Crooked-Foot and the Rat," remained 

 to take care of us, until we should be able to 

 move forward. 



The note I received by the Indians from Mr. 

 Back, communicated a tale of distress, with re- 

 gard to himself and his party, as painful as that 

 which we had suffered ; as will be seen hereafter, 

 by his own narrative. 



November 8. — ^The Indians this morning re- 

 quested us to remove to ajj encampment on the 

 banlvs of the river, as they were unwilling to re- 

 main in the house in which the bodies of our 

 deceased companions were lying exposed to view. 

 We agreed to remove, but the day proved too 

 stormy, and Dr. Richardson and Hepburn having 

 dragged the bodies to a short distance, and 

 covered them with snow, the objections of the 

 Indians to remain in the house were removed, 

 and they began to clear our room of the ac- 

 cumulation of dirt, and fragments of pounded 

 bones. The improved state of our apartment, 



