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declined. At this Moberly became very angry, and said 

 he would go with us no farther, and not another foot 

 would he go. From the first his quibbling, unreliable 

 manner, characteristic of the tribe to which he belonged, 

 had been most unsatisfactory, and now having received 

 board for himself and his family in journeying home- 

 ward, besides a month's pay in advance, he had resolved 

 to desert us. There was no use in trying to force him 



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to continue with us against his inclinations, nor could 

 we gain anything by punishing him for his deception, 

 though punishment he richly deserved. He was given 

 one last opportunity of deciding to go with us, but still 

 refusing, we parted company with him without wasting 

 strong language, which he could not have understood. 



With our three canoes only we thereupon commenced 

 the ascent of what had been named the Stone River, 

 the outlet of Black Lake. We had gone only a short 



