[ERMATINGER] YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL 109 
us. They arrived this morning also. The rest of the day employed 
drying and repacking leather. 
5th. Friday.—Fine warm weather. Having separated and pre- 
pared the Baggage the Columbia people set off about 10 a.m. with 15 
horses—3 employed as saddle horses for Messrs. Todd, Ermatinger, Mr. 
MecLeod’s wife and 2 children, the other 12 laden with the following 
Baggage, &c. 
2 Cassettes—Dr. Todd and Mrs. McL. 
22 “paper Trunk and small Cassette—E. E. and L. Leblanc 
2 case and basket 
1 portmanteau—Dr. T. 
8 bags pemican 
1 bale Portage Straps 
2 kegs sugar biscuit 
1 bag flour—Mrs. McL. 
14 Moose—Beds, &c., &c. 
Mr. MeDougal' has 40 horses to transport his packs, &e. Memo. of 
Art. given to Mr. McD. for his voyage’—8 bags Pemican, 2 canisters tea 
3 1b., $ keg biscuit, 1 moose, 1 canister sugar, 8 lb. 4 flagons spirits, 4 
cheese. | 
Encamped on the banks of the River, having passed Campment 
des Vaches® and a piece of Bad Woods. 
6th.—Fine warm weather. Started before 8 a.m. and proceeded 
till 4 when we encamped 3 or 4 miles beyond Campment d’Orignal. 
Road much encumbered with fallen wood. 
7th.—Fine weather. Started at 8 a.m. and encamped near the 
height of land, having passed thro’ some very bad swamps and mires 
during the day. View of the mountains very grand. One ahead all 
day clearing the road in different places—and as the track is much worse 
farther on 4 will start early to-morrow morning for the same purpose. 
Sth.—Sharp frost this morning, but day fine. We started between 
8 and 9 o’elock and continued our march till near 4 p.m., when encamped 
on the battures below the Grand Cote. This has certainly been a very 
labourious day’s march for the horses, but the road was never better, 
we had not the least snow on the way. Apisasis killed a young grizzly 
bear at the height of land—and one of the men killed a martin on the 
Big Hill. 

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! George McDougall of Ft. Alexandria on Fraser river. The wife of his brother, 
James McDougall, was of this party. 
*'To New Caledonia by way of Yellowhead pass. 
3 See p. 81. Ross Cox says; so called “in consequence of buffalo having been 
formerly killed in it” and that it “forms a landscape that for rural beauty cannot be 
excelled in any country.” 
