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time. Many of the Northern Indians, who had 1770. 
joined us on the 24th of April, remained in oun ae 
company for fome time; and though I well 
knew they had had a plentiful winter, and had 
then good ftocks of dried meat by them, and 
were alfo acquainted with our diftrefs, they ne- 
ver gave me or my Southern companions the 
leaft fupply, although they had in fecret ike 
provided for our Nobehietin guides. 
By the nineteenth, the geefe, fwans, ducks, roth. 
gulls, and other birds of paflage, were fo plentiful 
that we killed every day as many as were {uffici- 
ent for our fupport; and having ftopped a few 
days to recruit our fpirits after fo long a faft, on 
the twenty-third we began once more to pro- = 23a. 
ceed toward the barren ground. Soflop having 
now perfectly recovered from his late misfortune, 
every thing feemed to have a favourable appear- 
ance; efpecially as my crew had been augmented 
to twelve perfons, by the addition of one of my 
guide’s wives, and five others, whom I had en- 
gaged to affift in carrying our luggage; and I 
well knew, from the feafon of the year, that 
hauling would foon be at-an end for the fum. 
mer. 
The thaws having been by this time fo great as 
to render travelling in the woods almoft imprac- 
ticable, we continue our courfe to the Eaft on 
Seal River, about fixteen miles farther, when we 
came to a {mall river, anda ftring of lakes con- 
nected with it, that tended to the North. 
The 
