142 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
“Ich bin ganz gliicklich,” the Translation of which is “I want for 
nothing.” 
Encamped near Mr. Birds House. 
Monday the 6th August. At 3 o’clock Mr. Bird, who still accom- 
panies me, and myself embarked. At six overtook Mr. McGillivray who. 
had started the Night before. The Food of our Men is now dried Buffa- 
loe’s Meat. Itis very nice. It is simply cut into Strips and dried over 
the Fire. At half-past nine arrived at the Encampment of Pegwacs, or 
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ARMS OF THE Hupson’s BAY COMPANY. 
From an old document, 
Cut Nose, Chief. Mr. McGillivray’s Canoe passed on. (There are 
Characters in the World who never forgive or forget fancied Injuries. 
Mr. McGillivray spoke to the Chief in going up the River and told him 
he was a bad Indian for having defended the Colony. The Recollection 
of many Circumstances which had happened might have introduced other 
Feelings in a Mind differently constituted.) I landed and found him sur- 
rounded by Women and Children and old Men. The young Men were 
gone to attack the Sauteux. The Chief and the old Men were almost 
naked and the Ladies not quite decently clad. A Daughter of the Chief 
was very handsome. She had attached herself to a Son of Mr. Bird who 
has been cruel. She had a very interesting melancholy Appearance. 
The Marriage would have been merely the Consent of the two Fathers. 
The Chief had his Flag hoisted, an English Jack, with the Hudson Bay 
