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22. Wednesday. Travelled 6 Miles N.E.b.N. Level land: crossed 
a branch of the Waskesew River: Indians killed 4 Buffalo. 
23 to 27. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday. Snow 
at times. Travelled none: Men feasting, & Women getting grass for 
the Horses. 
28. Tuesday. Travelled 7 Miles W.N.W.: Level land & ledges 
of Birch, poplar, Juniper, Alder & Cherry trees: Indians killed three 
Buffalo. 
29. Wednesday. Travelled 4 Miles North: passed two Creeks that 
are not frozen over: Indians killed 2 Moose and 2 Beaver. 
30. Thursday. The men went to look out for Indians; but found 
none: I wounded a Buffalo. ; 
31. Friday. Travelled 4 Miles North: Hillocks, Dales, & ledges 
of Fir-trees: Crossed a branch of Waskesew river:? Indians killed a 
Moose & 2 Buffalo. 
February 1. Saturday. Freezing weather:. preparing Snow- 
shoes: I have wore none yet: I made a few Steels for a French Leader 
out of an old file. 
2. Sunday. The French Leader named Wappenessew * promises 
to go with me to the Fort: He hath a great sway among the Natives 
and is much esteemed by the French: I presented him with a little 
powder &c. Indians feasting, Smoking, Dancing &c. 
3. Monday. Strong gale with snow. Indians sweating* &c. 
4. Tuesday. Travelled 4 Miles North to a branch of Waskesew ? 
river, this branch is 8 poles wide & shoal water & open places: The 
Horses feed on Willow tops: the land S.W. is quite barren as far as I 
can see. 
5 to 9. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday. All hands trap- 
ping foxes. I walked in Snow-shoes for the first time this winter. In 
the Evening Smoked & feasted with the French Leader. 
10. Monday. Travelled 4 Miles N.W. Level land & tall woods; 
Spoke with 4 Indian men who told us that the far distant Archithinue 
Natives had killed 30 of the nigh ones & 7 of our Indians. 
11 to 27. Tuesday the eleventh to the 27th. Employed Travelling 
& sometimes laying by killing Buffalo, Moose &e in a pleasant & plenti- 

*Three Hills Creek. 
? Devil’s Pine Creek. 
3“ This man,’ says Graham, “brings yearly to York Fort 20 Canoes & 
is greatly esteemed by the Natives and Factors.” 
‘For descriptions of Indian sweating customs and sweating houses or 
sudatories, see Catlin, I, 97-8; Henry the Elder, 307; Carver’s Travels (1798 
ed.), 276. 
5Three Hills Creek. 
