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Augult. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
been already obferved, had, after the exchange, - | 
nothing to carry but my powder and his own 
trifles; the latter were indeed very inconfidera- 
ble, not equal in fize and weight to a foldier’s 
knapfack. As I intended to have a little fport 
with the deer, and knowing his load to be much 
lichter than mine, I gave him the quadrant and 
fland to carry, which he took without the leaft 
hefitation, or feeming ill-will, Having thus eaf- 
ed myfelf for the prefent of a heavy and cumber- 
fome part of my load, I fet out early in the mor- 
ning with fome of the Indian men; and after walk- 
ing about eight or nine miles, faw, from the top 
ofa high hill, a great number of deer feeding in a 
neighbouring valley ; on which we laid down our 
loads and erected a flag, as a fignal for the others 
to pitch their tents there for the night. We then 
purfued our hunting, which proved very fuccefl- 
ful. At night, however, when we came to the 
hill where we had left our baggage, I found that 
only part of the Indians had arrived, and that the 
man who had been entrufted with my powder 
and quadrant, had fet off another way, with a 
fmall party of Indians that had been in our com- 
pany that morning. The evening being far ad- 
vanced, we were obliged to defer going in fearch 
of him till the morning, and as his track could 
not be eafily difcovered in the Summer, the South- 
ern Indians, as well as myfelf, were very uneafy, © 
fearing we had loft the powder, which was to pro-_ | 
vide us with food and raiment the remainder of | 
our 
