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1770. 
Ree ped 
September, 
rsth, 
yyth. 
20th. 
in our behalf, that he had, for fome time before, 
¢ 
A JOURNEY TO THE | 
tent to fhelterus. My guide was entirely exempt. | 
ed from all thofe inconveniences, having procur- _ 
eda good warm fuit of clothing; and, as one of - 
his wives had long before joined our party, he | 
was provided with a tent, and every other necel 
fary confiftent with their manner of living: but) 
7) 
the old fellow was fo far from interefting himfelf | 
entirely withdrawn from our company; and 
though he then continued to carry the greateft}) 
part of our little remains of ammunition, yet he} 
did not contribute in the finalleft degree towards 
our fupport. As deer, however, were in great 
plenty, I felt little or no inconvenience from his 
neglect in this refpect. al 
Provifions ftill continued very plentiful; which] 
was a fingular piece of good fortune, and the on.| 
ly circumftance which at this time could contri} 
bute to our happinefs or fafety; for notwithftand.|} 
ing the early feafon of the year, the weather was | 
remarkably bad and feverely cold, at leaft it ap: | 
peared fo to us, probably from having no kind of | 
fkin-clothing. Jn this forlorn ftate we continuet) | 
our courfe to the South Eaft; and, to add to the | 
cloominefs of our fituation, molt of the Northerr 
Indians who had been in our company all the firh 
part of the fall, were by this time gone a-head, as| 
we could not keep up with them for want 
inow-fhoes. } 
In the evening of the twenticth, we were joif 
ed from the Weftward by a famous Leader, call 
