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placed themselves in close proximity to their hereditary 

 enemies, regarding, I have little doubt, the presence 

 of the Whites as an assurance against treachery. 

 Probably very little persuasion would have prevailed 

 on them to proceed to the Fort, where a few presents 

 and judicious treatment would have gone very far to 

 estabhsh a friendly intercourse for the future. But, 

 mark the disastrous reverse : henceforth the Whiteman 

 will be included in the undying vengeance of the 

 injured Esquimaux, who will seek — can we say un- 

 reasonably ? — opportunities for clearing off the score 

 of revenge. Woe be to detached parties, or solitary 

 stragglers, who may fall in their way ; a short shrift 

 will be their lot, and we warned the scanty garrison 

 of Peel River to have a care, lest, unarmed and un- 

 prepared, they should some day be surprised by a 

 retaliating band. 



We quitted Port MTherson on the 9th, and in the 

 afternoon reached the spot near Point Separation, 

 where the massacre, just related, had occurred. The 

 kiaks of the poor victims were still here, much hacked 

 and broken; numerous foot-prints around were the 

 only additional relics of the event. At Point Separation 

 pemmican was buried in lieu of that we had removed 

 in the summer, and a notice was deposited with it 

 for any future expedition. On the 14th of the month. 



