NORTHERN OCEAN. 2gx 
After flopping four days at this place, Mato- 1772. 
nabbee, and alli the Indians who were to accom- a a 
pany me to the Fort, agreed to leave the elderly 
people and young children here, in the care of 
| fome Indians who were capable of providing for 
| them, and who had orders to proceed toa place 
called Cathawhachaga, on the barren grounds, 
and there wait the return of their relations from 
the Factory. Matters of this kind being fettled, 
apparently to the entire fatisfaction of all parties, 
we refumed our journey on the eleventh of May, 
and that at a much brifker pace than we could 
probably have done when ail the old people and 
young children were with us. In the afternoon 
of the fame day we met fome other Northern 
Indians, who were alfo going to the Fort with 
furrs; thofe joined our party, and at night we 
all pitched our tents by the fide of a river that — 
empties itfelf into Doo-baunt Lake. This day 
all of us threw away our fnow-fhoes, as the 
ground was fo bare in moft places as not to re- 
quire any fuch affiftance; but fledges were occa- 
fionally ferviceable for fome time, particularly 
when we walked on the ice of rivers or lakes. 
The weather on the twelfth was fo exceeding- 
dy hot and fultry, and the water fo deep on the 
top of the ice of the above-mentioned river, as to 
render walking on it not only very troublefome, 
| but dangerous; fo after advancing about five 
miles we pitched our tents, and the warm wea- 
ther being likely to continue, the Indians immedi- 
Usa ately 
11th, 
