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and by the Esquimaux, and I am not certain if it would not prevent the few Natives 
who visit us now from bringing their Furs as they would wait till sent for. 
It is singular that no Accounts have been procured of the Esquimaux 
who from all their Works appear to be the most enlightened and ingenious 
amongst the Indians. 
I fear the old Hudson’s Bay Servants are 100 fond of old Regulations to 
encourage a new Branch of Trade and Innovations. 
New Branch of Trade towards the Sources of the Missisouri and South 
Branch of the Saskatchewan. 
I conceive that about 60 Men, Canadian Voyageurs, would be required for 
an Expedition towards the Sources of the Missisouri, &c. Of these it would 
be necessary to leave about 30 to form a Settlement for the Blackfeet and Fall 
Indians near the Forks of the Red Deer River. 
This Settlement would not require an expensive Outfit of Goods and Fox, 
Beaver and Buffalo Hides might be procured in sufficient Quantities to pre- 
vent any loss. To ensure Success in the principal Object of the Expedition 
about one Hundred Beaver Hunters say Illiquois Half Breeds and free Cana- 
dians would be necessary as little Dependance can be placed on the Industry 
of the Natives. A strong Party of these should proceed by Land with the 
Boats or Canoes as they ascend the River. The remaining Party might pro- 
ceed by Land from Fort Augustus in Company with the Muddy River Indians 
or Piegans along the Borders of the Rocky Mountains. 
I should conceive that the Nature of the Expedition should, before it is 
entered on, be explained to the Piegans and their Consent obtained and I 
should further think it necessary that a Party of the Hunters should be sent 
to prepare a kind of Fort or Store to put the Goods in when the Boats arrive. 
Beaver are not I believe to be found in great Number at any great Dis- 
tance north of the more northern Branches of the Missisouri. A Settlement 
on the Waters of the South Branch [of the Saskatchewan] would not be 
advisable and I should recommend the Settlement to be formed on an Island 
in a Lake! which, if my Information is correct, lies between the Waters of 
the two rivers. Mr. Clarke and Mr. Heron would be well adapted for such 
an Expedition. 
Expenses of a light Canoe from Montreal to Fort William :— 
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In Halifax Currency, £282 7s 6d. —— 6774.8 Liv. 

1 Bad Water Lake 
Sec. IT., 1900. 13. 
