1769. 
sen reed 
December 
sth. 
5th. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
ning, and arrived the fame day at Seal River, 
along which we continued our courfe for fe- 
~veral days. In our way we killed plenty of par- 
tridges, and faw many deer; but the weather was 
fo remarkably ferene that the Indians only killed 
two of the latter. By this: time game was be- 
come fo plentiful, that all apprehenfions of ftarv- 
ing were laid afide; and though we were heavily. 
laden, and travelled pretty good days journeys, 
yet as our fpirits: were good, our ftrength gradu- 
ally returned. | 
In our courfe down Seal River we met a ftran- 
ger, a Northern Indian, on a hunting excurfion; 
and though he had not met with any fuccefs 
that day, yet he kindly invited us to his tent; 
faying he had plenty of venifon at my fervice; 
‘and told the Southern Indians, that as there 
were two or three beaver houfes near his tent, 
he fhould be glad of their afliftance in taking 
them, for there was only one man, and three 
women at the tent. . 
Though we were at that time far from being 
in want of provifions, yet we accepted his offer, 
and fet off with our new guide for his tent, which, 
by a comparative diflance, he told us, was not 
above five miles from the place where we met 
him, but we found it to be nearer fifteen; fo 
that it was the middle of the night before we ar- 
rived at it. When we drew. near the tent, the 
ufual fignal for the approach of ftrangers was giv- 
en, by firing a gun or two, which was immediate- 
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