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10th.—Fine weather. Start at 3 a.m. and arrive at Assiniboine at 
4 past 9. Prepare our Baggage and cross our horses and commence our 
journey on the Atha. Portage at 6 p.m., travel only 2 miles and encamp— 
13 horses are employed transporting our Baggage &c. Messrs. Klyne 
and Harriott! accompany us with packs and horses. 
11th.—Morning fine. Messrs. McGillivray, McDonald and Erma- 
tinger with 5 horses leave the party at 4 a.m. to go ahead to Edmonton 
having with them the accts. &c. Afternoon a tremendous storm of 
wind with rain overtakes us in the Burnt woods, bringing down trees 
in every direction—one fell upon one of the horses and killed him on the 
spot. Encamp a little beyond the Paddle River.’ 
12th.—Fine weather. Start at 3 a.m. proceed near to Lac a Ber- 
land and encamp. 
13th.—do do. Before we arrive at Sturgeon River, McGilliv- 
ray’s horse knocks up and is left. Arrive at Edmonton at 7 p.m. 
14th.—A man with 6 horses sent off to assist the people behind. 
16th.—Mr. Dease® and party arrive at 4 past 2 p.m. 
20th.—Fine weather. About 9 a.m. all the Boats, say 16, leave 
Edmonton manned, 13 Boats each 3 men and 3 in 4 do and laden with 
about 80 ps. per Boat. In course of the day see a party of Crees and 
trade a few furs, dressed leather &c. for ammu., tobacco and Rum. 
Encamp at 9 o’clock. 
2Qist.—Warm weather. Start at 3 a.m. Afternoon see another 
party of Crees from trade furs, leather &c. Put ashore at 8 o’clock to 
cook and sup and afterwards lash the Boats together to drift all night. 
22nd.—Fine weather. Pass Dog Rump Creek about 6 a.m. Kill 
a deer—put ashore to cook in the evening—drift all night. 
23rd.—Warm weather. Boats ground many times during the day. 
See several deer. Put ashore at Basfond dinogé about*5 p.m. Hunters 
go off in search of Buffalo. After supper proceed 3 or 4 miles to an 
Island and encamp. 
24th.—Fine weather. Continue our voyage at daylight. Put 
ashore to breakfast at 4 past 8 a.m. and people go off hunting but fall 
in with no animals. Start again about 11 and are only able to proceed 
about 2 miles when the wind being too strong ahead we put ashore 
where some fresh tracks being observed another party are sent off 

1 Apparently Harriott was in charge at fort Assiniboine and joined them there. 
2A tributary of the Pembina river. 
* Probably Peter Warren Dease, promoted to Chief Factor three months later; 
was senior officer of the Dease and Simpson Arctic expedition, 1837-39; was com- 
missariat officer of the second Franklin expedition, 1825-27; on his retirement, 
he settled near Montreal in 1842. 
‘Probably Bas-fond Kinonge (kinonge is Indian for “‘pike.’’) 
