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were most desirous of being continued, and we felt sin- 

 cere pleasure in being able to keep men who were so 

 zealous in the cause, and who had given proofs of their 

 activity on their recent passage to this place, by dis- 

 charging those men who were less willing to undertake 

 the journey ; of these three were Englishman, one 

 American, and three Canadians. When the numbers 

 were completed, which we had been recommended by 

 the traders to take as a protection against the Esqui- 

 maux, we had sixteen Canadian-voyagers, and our 

 worthy and only English attendant John Hepburn, 

 besides the two interpreters whom we were to receive 

 at the Great Slave Lake ; we were also accompanied 

 by a Chipewyan woman. An equipment of goods 

 was given to each of the men who had been engaged 

 at this place, similar to what had been furnished to the 

 others at Cumberland; and when this distribution 

 bad been made, the remainder were made up into 

 bales, preparatory to our departure on the following 

 day. We were cheerfully assisted in these and all our 

 occupations by Mr. Smith, who evinced an anxious 

 desire to supply our wants ;is far as his means per- 

 mitted. 



