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old guide Keskarrah, had broken and destroyed 

 every useful article belonging to them, and that 

 they were in the greatest distress. It was an 

 additional pleasure to find our stock of ammuni- 

 tion was more than sufficient to pay them what 

 was due, and that we could make a considerable 

 present of this most essential article to every 

 individual that had been attached to the Expe- 



We quitted Moose-deer Island at five P.M., on 

 the 26th, accompanied by Mr. M'Vicar, and Mr. 

 M' Auley, and nearly all the \^oyagers at the estab- 

 lishment, having resided there about five months, 

 not a day of which had passed without our having 

 cause of gratitude, for tlie kind and unvaried 

 attentions of Mr. M'Vicar and Mr. M'Auley. 

 These gentlemen accompanied us as far as Fort 

 Chipevvyan, where we arrived on the 2d of June ; 

 here we met Mr. Wentzel, and the four men, who 

 had been sent with him from the mouth of the 

 Copper-Mine River ; and I think it due to that 

 gentleman, to give his own explanation of the 

 unfortunate circumstances which prevented him 

 from fulfilling my last instructions, respecting the 

 provisions to have been left for us at Fort 

 Enterprise*. 



River, and I had overtaken the Leader, Guides, and Hunters, on 



