[ERMATINGER] YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL 83 
Tuesday, Sth.—Fine warm weather. As J. Stuart, Esq.,' has not 
yet arrived from L. 8. Lake? from whom alone we can expect a supply 
of provisions to put us to Edmonton and also having been given to 
understand by Mr. Harriott’ that that gentleman required a few more 
men to expedite his arrival, I determined on remaining here with the 
Express while the Columbia men in conjunction with those of N. 
Caledonia should go down and assist him up with his craft. Accordingly, 
Mr. McDougal with 9 men in one canoe embarks for that purpose this 
morning. D. Douglas, Esq., Passenger. 
Wednesday, 9th.—Fine warm weather. The three men left above 
and Nipisingue whom Mr. Rowand requested from Jasper’s® to act as 
guide for people going with Leather® arrive this afternoon, but without 
the Iroquois’s? Beaver® one having come in and informed that they 
were unable to bring them the distance is so great and so much 
snow. 
Tuesday, 10th.—Thick snow all day—no arrivals. 
Friday, 11th.—Snowing all day. Bastonois® treats his comrades 
with a dog. 
Saturday, 12th.—Light snow in the morning. Clears up before 
noon. Snow mostly disappears. 
Sunday, 13th.—Fine weather. In the evening J. Stuart, Esq., &e. 
arrives with 3 canoes. 

1 John Stuart, while a clerk in the North West Co., accompanied Simon Fraser. 
in his exploration of Fraser river, 1808; was made a Chief Factor in 1821, on coalition 
of H. B. Co. with N.W. Co. Stuart lake and river, in northern British Columbia are 
named after him. He was superintendent of New Caledonia district 1806-24; in 
December, 1826, was in charge of Lesser Slave lake post; in 1832-33, in command 
of McKenzie River district; died at Forres, Scotland in 1846; was maternal uncle 
of Lord Strathcona (Morice, Northern British Columbia). 
? Lesser Slave lake. 
3 John E. Harriott became a Chief Factor in 1846; probably the Mr. Harriott 
referred to. In 1847 he was in charge of Fort Edmonton. 
4 A Nipissing Indian; 7.e. one of the Nipissing tribe residing near lake Nipissing, 
Ont. The Iroquois and Nipissings were taken to the West by the North West Co. 
They were expert canoemen and trappers. 
5 Jasper House. 
6 Dressed moose or caribou skins were scarce in New Caledonia, and were now 
sent west via Leather (or Yellowhead) pass, hence the former name. 
7 Troquois free trappers who had served their time with the Company. In the 
vicinity of Jasper House, they formed quite a little settlement of their own. 
83.e. the skins of beaver that he had trapped. 
® Bastonnais, the name applied by the Indians of Quebec to citizens of the United 
States; literally, ‘Boston-man.’ The prominence of Boston in the early history of 
the United States led to its name being used for “ American” on both the Atlantic 
and the Pacific coast. In Chinook, ‘ American’ is Boston man; in Micmac, it is 
Bostoonkawaach. 
Sec. II., 1912. G. 
