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him. This was at any rate an ingenuous and honest 

 confession, however much it displayed the revengeful 

 tendency of theii' savage natures. 



An Indian who, with two others, arrived at the Fort 

 with meat, had been very successful in his summer's 

 hunt. He had killed since July nearly a hundred 

 reindeer and one moose, the dried sides of which had 

 been put in " caches " in the mountains, whence upon 

 the snowfall, they woidd be brought hither by dogs 

 and sledges. 



The 18th of September brought the long-expected 

 boats from Fort Simpson, and with them came 

 Mr. Peers, who resumed charge of the station. 

 Myself and party were very disagreeably sm^prised by 

 a communication from that gentleman that we could 

 not be retained here during the winter, insufficiency 

 of provisions being assigned as the reason. Mr. Peers 

 had seen Lieutenant Pullen near Fort Good Hope, 

 but no communication had occurred on the subject, 

 and a short note from my commander had no reference 

 to it. 



I was recommended to proceed immediately to Fort 

 Norman, an intermediate post on the Mackenzie, 

 where I should find " ample maintenance " for myself 

 and party. There was no help for it ; go Ave must, 

 and at noon next day we bade farewell to our kind 



