]n the An >n8. 



ipewyan by Mr. Wenteel, od his return f. 



. and from thence to 1 .land. T 



room was blocked up, ami, by the advice of Mr. 

 Wentzel, a drawing representing a man holdin 

 dagger in a threatening attitude, was affixed to 

 door, to deter any Indians from breaking it open. 

 We* directed our coarse towards the Dog-rib K 

 )>ut as our companions wire loaded with the weight of 

 near one hundred and eighty pounds ach, we 



jsjLty proceeded at a slow The day was 



extremely warm, and the musquitoes, whose att i 



had hitherto been feeble, Issued forth in swarms from 



the marshes, and w»re very tormenting. Saving 



walked live miles we encamped near a small cluster of 

 pines about two miles from the Dog-rib Bock. 1 

 canoe party had not been Been since they set out. 

 Our hunters went forward to Marten hake, intending 



to wait for us at a place where two thcr were de- 

 posited. At nine P.M. the temperature of the air 



We resumed our march at an early hour, 

 :al lakes whieh lay in 



iee enabled the men to drag their burd< 



formed of b ticks and ■•' horns, with m i 



they could carry them on their backs. We were k 



constantly wet by this operation, as the [ce had 



broken near the shoivs of tl: . hut this inoon- 



