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1771. 
ae to Prince of Wales’s Fort, with fome of the Atha- _ 
pufcow Indians, who at that time annually vifited 
agth. 
goth. 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
to take me with him, and procure me a paflage 
the FaGtory in the way of trade. After waiting 
till I thought Matonabbee’s paflion had a little: 
abated, I ufed every argument of which I was 
. mafter in favour of his proceeding on the journey; _ 
affuring him not only of the future efteem of the 
prefent Governor of Prince of Wales’s Fort, but 
alfo of that of all his fucceffors as long as he liv- 
ed; and that even the Hudfon’s Bay Company — 
themfelves would be ready to acknowledge his 
afliduity and perfeverance, in conducting a bufi- 
nefs which had fo much the appearance, of prov: 
ing advantageous to them. After fome conver- | 
fation of this kind, and a good deal of intreaty, © 
he at length confented to proceed, and promifed — 
to make all poffible hafte. Though it was then 
late in the afternoon, he gave orders for moving, 
and accordingly we walked about feven miles 
that night, and put up on another ifland in Pefh- 
ew Lake. The preceding afternoon the Indians 
had killed a few deer ; but our number was then — 
fo great, that eight or ten deer would fcarcely af- 
ford us allatafte. Thefe deer were the firft we 
had feen fince our leaving the neighbourhood of 
Thelewey-aza-yeth ; fo that we had lived all the: | 
time on the dried meat which had been prepaid | 
before we left that place in April. 
The thirtieth proved bad, rainy weather; we’ 
walked, however, about ten miles to the North« 
ward, 
