3SS JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



situated, I was compelled to remain ; and from 

 this time to the 25th we employed ourselves in 

 looking about for the remnants of the deer and 

 pieces of skin, which even the wolves had left ; 

 and by pounding the bones, we were enabled to 

 make a sort of soup, which strengthened us 

 greatly, though each still complained of weak- 

 ness. It was not without the greatest difficulty 

 that I could restrain the men from eating every 

 scrap they found, though they were well aware of 

 the necessity there was of being economical in 

 our present situation, and to save whatever they 

 could for our journey ; yet they could not resist 

 the temptation, and directly my back was turned 

 they seldom failed to snatch at the nearest piece 

 to them, whether cooked or raw it made no 

 difference. 



We had set fishing-lines, but without any suc- 

 cess ; and we often saw large herds of deer 

 crossing the lake at full speed, and wolves pur- 

 suing them. 



The night of the 25th was cold, with hard 

 frost. Early the next morning I sent the men to 

 cover the body of our departed companion Beau- 

 parlant with the trunks and branches of trees, 

 which they did ; and shortly after their return I 

 opened his bundle, and found it contained two 

 papers of vermilion, several strings of beads, 



