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haps, of less importance than the other two depots, we 

 procured here a supply of flour and salt pork, with half 

 a sheep and some potatoes : so that our nearly exhausted 

 provision was seasonably replenished. 



From this point to Fort Garry. Red River Settlement 

 is about eighty miles by water; and that distance we 

 performed in another two days, arriving there on the 

 13th August, a date that will show that we had dawdled 

 a good deal on the first part of our journey. 



I was compelled, apart from my desire to see the 

 Settlement, to call here, in order to obtain a guide for 

 the remainder of my journey, none of my companions 

 having ever before been beyond Lake of the Woods; 

 and my experiences, so far, had convinced me that it was 

 desirable that I should have an older man than myself 

 of European blood with me. I have no positive complaint 

 to make against my Red Men ; but it was evident, some- 

 times, that my extreme youth was against my maintenance 

 of authority. 



