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ing, would not permit us to {pend much time in 1760. 
reflection ; fo we loaded our {ledges to the bef 
advantage, (but were obliged to throw away 
fome bags of fhot and ball,) and immediately fet 
out on our return. In the courfe of the day’s 
walk we were fortunate enough to kill feveral 
partridges, for which we were all very thankful, 
as it was the firft meal we had had for feveral 
days: indeed, for the five preceding days we. 
had not killed as much as amounted to half a 
partridge for each man; and fome days had not 
afingle mouthful. While we were is this diftrefs, 
the Northern Indians were by no means in want; 
for as they always walked foremoft, they had ten 
times the chance to kill partridges, rabbits, or 
any other thing which was to be met with, than 
we had. Befides this advantage, they had great 
ftocks of four, oatmeal, and other Englifh pro- 
vifions, which they had embezzled out of my 
ftock during the early part of the journey ; and as 
one of my home Indians, called Mackachy, and 
his wife, who is a Northern Indian woman, al- 
ways reforted to the Northern Indianstents, where 
they got amply fupplied with provifions when 
neither I nor my men had a fingle mouthful, | 
have great reafon to fufpect they had a principal 
hand in the embezzlement: indeed, both the 
man and his wife were capable of committing 
any crime, however diabolical. 
This day we had fine pleafant weather for the December. 
feafon of the year: we fet out early in the mor- a 
ning, 
November. 
