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ly anfwered by the man at the tent. On our 1769. 
arrival at the door, the good man of the houfe www 
came out; fhook me by the hand, and welcomed us saab 
to his tent; but as it was too {mall to contain us 
all, he ordered his women to afiift us in pitching 
our tent; and in the mean time invited me and 
as many of my crew as his little habitation could 
| contain, and regaled us with the befl in the houfe. 
The pipe went round,pretty brifkly, and the con- 
‘verfation naturally turned on the treatment we 
had received from Chawchinahaw and his gang ; 
which was always anfwered by our hoft with, 
«¢ Ah! if I had been there, it fhould not have been 
« fo!” when, notwithftanding his hofpitality on 
the prefent occafion, he would moft affuredly have 
acted the fame part as the others had done, if he 
had been of the party. 
Having refrefhed ourfelves with a plentiful fup- 
per, we took leave of our hoft for a while, and 
_retired to our tent; but not without being made 
_ thoroughly fenfible that many things would be 
expected from me, before I finally left them. 
Early inthe morning, my Indians affifted us in  5t»- 
taking the beaver houfes already mentioned; but 
the houfes being fmall, and fome of the beavers 
efcaping, they only killed fix, all of which were 
cooked the fame night, and voracioufly devoured 
under the denomination of a feaft. I alfo receiv- 
_ ed from the Indians feveral joints of venifon, to 
the amount of at leaft two deer; but notwith- 
_ftanding I was to pay for the whole, J found that 
Mackachy and his wife got all the prime parts of 
the 
