52 APPOINTED GUARDIAN OF "GODBOUT!! 



over them. There were four in the party, the 

 Doctor and three English officers : Captain Holy- 

 oake, Colonel Charteris and Major Howard. 

 They complained of poor sport on account of the 

 Indians having netted the best "pool," and hav- 

 ing speared at night in some of the others. My 

 father then told them that he had seen the 

 offenders and that they were to be there 

 shortly. They came at the appointed time, 

 and explained that they were short of food, 

 and that the Hudson's Bay Company, whose 

 post had recently been closed, had always 

 allowed them to fish, &c. They promised good 

 behaviour if some food was given them, and a 

 promise that no proceedings would be taken 

 against them. This was agreed to by the Doc- 

 tor. A barrel of pork and some other things 

 were given them, a shaking of hands took place 

 all round, and the matter was so well adjusted 

 that with one exception no more trouble has oc- 

 curred there to this day. "Now," said the Doc- 

 tor, addressing my father, ' there is another 

 thing that I wish to ask you, and that is to try 

 and find us a guardian for the river." He ex- 

 plained it would only be for a short time each 

 season, from the 15th of July to the end of 

 August, which covered the period the Indians 

 would be on the sea coast, as after that date they 

 would be inland, hunting. For the six weeks 

 guardianship he was willing to pay forty dollars. 



