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A JOURNEY TO THE 
1772. method, and by fcraping them afterwards, fome 
“-~— of the moofe {kins are made very delicate both to 
January. 
11th. 
the eye and the touch. 
On the eleventh of January, as fome of my. 
companions were hunting, they faw the track of a 
firange {now-fhoe, which they followed; and ata ~ 
confiderable diftance came to alittle hut, where 
they difcovered a young woman fitting alone. As 
they found that fhe underitood their language, 
they brought her with them tothe tents. On 
examination, fhe proved to be one of the Weftern 
Dogribbed Indians, who had been taken prifoner 
by the Athapufcow Indians in the Summer of one 
thoufand feven hundred and feventy ; and im the 
following Summer, when the Indians that took 
her prifoner were near this part, fhe had eloped 
from them, with an intent to return to her own | 
country; but the diftance being fo great, and hav- — 
ing after fhe was taken prifoner, been carried in 
a canoe the whole way, the turnings and wind- 
ings of the rivers and lakes were fo numerous, 
that fhe forgot the track; fo fhe built the hut in 
which we found her, to proteé her from the wea- 
ther during the Winter, and here fhe had refided 
from the w it fetting in of the fall. 
From her account of the moons paft fince her 
elopement, it appeared that fhe had been near fe- 
ven months without feeing a human face ; during 
all which time fhe had {upported herfelf very | 
well by fnaring partridges, rabbits, and fquir- | 
els; fhe had alfo killed two or three beaver, and | 
{ome porcupines. That the did not feem to have | 
been } 
