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_ devoured the three deer, and given fome' necef- V6 
: fary repairs to our fledges and fnow fhoes, which Uv~ 
only took one day, we again proceeded on tO< ale 
ward the North Weft by Weft and Welt North 
Welt, through low fcrubby pines, intermixed 
with fome dwarf larch, which is commonly called 
juniper in Hudfon’s Bay. In our road we fre- 
quently faw the tracks of deer, and many mufk- 
oxen, as they are called there; but none of my 
companions were fo fortunate as to kill any 
of them: fo that a few partridges were all we 
could get to live on, and thofe were {fo fcarce, 
that we feldom could kill as many as would 
amount to half a bird a day for each man; which, 
confidering we had nothing elfe for the twenty- 
four hours, was in reality next to nothing. 
By this time I found that Captain Chawchin- 
ahaw had not the profperity of the undertaking 
at heart; he often painted the difficulties in the 
worft colours, took every method to difhearten 
me and my European companions, and feveral 
' times hinted his defire of our returning back to 
the factory: but finding I was determined to 
proceed, he took fuch methods as he thought 
would be moit likely to anfwer his end; one 
of which was, that of not adminiftering toward 
our fupport; fo that we were a confiderable 
time without any other fubfiftence, but what our 
two home-guard (Southern) Indians procured, 
and the little that 1 and the two European men 
could kill; which was very difproportionate to 
our 
