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frequently several days absent with only a scanty 

 supply of food, and on one occasion there was quite a 

 divided house on the question whether he had killed 

 and feasted on the Indian who accompanied him, as 

 he was accustomed to such proceedings. The fisher- 

 man told me that he had once visited Fort Norman, 

 at a period of starvation, to solicit food ; and had, at 

 the same time, the hands of his brother-in-law in his 

 game-bag, having already othenvise entombed the 

 remainder of his respected relation. 



