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1770. 
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July. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
a Northern Indian Leader, or Captain, called 
Keelfhies, and a {mall party of his crew, who 
were bound to Prince of Wales’s Fort, with furs 
and other commodities for trade. When Keel- 
fhies was made acquainted with the intent of my 
journey, he readily offered his fervice to bring me — 
any thing from the Factory that we were likely 
to ftand in need of; and though we were then 
in latitude 63° 4’ North, and longitude 7° 12! 
Weft from Churchill, yet he promifed to join us 
again, ata place appointed by my guide, by the 
fetting in of the Winter. In confequence of this 
offer, 1 looked over our ammunition and other 
articles; and finding that a little powder, fhot, 
tobacco, and a few knives, were likely to be of 
fervice before the journey could be completed, I 
determined to fend a letter to the governor of 
Prince of Wales’s Fort, to advife him of my fitu- 
ation, and to defire him to fend by the bearer a 
certain quantity of the above articles; on which 
Keelfhies and his crew proceeded on their jour- 
ney for the Factory the fame day. 
Cathawhachaga was the only river we had feen 
fince the breaking up of the ice that we could 
not ford; and as we had not any canoes with us, 
we were obliged to get ferried acrofs by the 
firange Indians. When we arrived on the North 
fide of this river, where the Indians refided, my 
guide propofed to ftop fome time, to dry and 
pound fome meat to take with us; to which I 
readily confented. We alfo fet our fithing-nets, 
and 
