212 Kennedy's expedition. 



utterly useless complaint must be, the men seldom 

 repined aloud. 



Nov. 14:th. — We killed the smallest horse early 

 this morning-, and had all the meat cut up and on 

 the stag'e to dry by nine o'clock. I made the blood, 

 heart, liver, kidneys, and tripe last us three days, 

 as they would not keep long-er, and we mixed our 

 allowance of flour with them. We had no salt to 

 season them with, as all our salt was required to 

 put in the blood to prevent its tm^iing* sour. The 

 heat during- this day was very g-reat, the thermo- 

 meter at noon in the shade standing* at 110". 

 Doug'las was very weak. The natives came this 

 afternoon, but did not stay long*. 



Nov. IGth. — The natives this day broug'ht us a few 

 small pieces of fish, but they were old and hardly 

 eatable. I would not allow them to come near the 

 camp, but made sig'ns to them to sit down at a dis- 

 tance, and when they had done so, I went to them 

 and distributed a few fish-hooks. Doug-las died this 

 morning-, and we buried him at dusk when the 

 natives were g'one, and I read the funeral service 

 over him. He was the first of our party we had 

 lost, and his death, the sad precursor of so many 

 more, cast an additional gloom over us. 



Nov. ISth. — The natives came and broug-ht some 

 of their g-ins (women) with them. They would only 

 allow one of us at a time to g-o near them. The 

 women wore very neatly fring-ed g-irdles hang-ino- 

 loose about their loins, and shaded themselves Avith 



