NORTHERN OCEAN. 
taken. The day being almoft {pent without the 
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leaft appearance of fuccefs, I propofed repairing Urry 
to the place where I had delivered the quadrant 
to him, in hopes of feeing fome track in the mofs 
that might lead to the way the Indians were gone 
whom our deferter had accompanied. On our 
arrival at that place, we found they had ftruck 
down toward a little river which they had croff- 
ed the morning before; and there, to our great 
joy, we found the quadrant and the bag of pow- 
der lying on the top of a high ftone, but not a 
human being was to be feen. On examining the 
powder, we found that the bag had been opened, 
and part of it taken out; but, notwithftanding 
our lofs was very confiderable, we returned with 
light hearts to the place at which we had been 
the night before, where we found our baggage 
fafe, but all the Indians gone: they had, howe- 
‘ver, been fo confiderate as to fet up marks to 
direct us what courfe to fieer. By the time we 
had adjufted our bundles, the day was quite fpent; 
-feeing, however, a {moke, or rather a fire, in the 
direction we were ordered to fteer, we bent our 
way towards it; and a little after ten o’clock at 
night came up with the main body of the Indi- 
ans; when, after refrefhing ourfelves with a 
plentiful fupper, the firft morfel we had tafted 
that day, we retired to reft, which I at leaft en- 
joyed with better fuccefs than the preceding night. 
In the morning of the eleventh we proceeded on 
to the Weft, and Weft by South; but on the 
twelfth 
Auguit. 
1th. 
