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that had been promised to Akaitcho and his party as 

 a remuneration for their services, as well as with an 

 official request to the North- West Company that 

 these goods might be paid to them on their next visit 

 to Fort Providence, which they expected to make in 

 the latter part of November. I desired him to men- 

 tion this circumstance to the Indians as an encourage- 

 ment to their exertion in our behalf, and to promise 

 them an additional reward for the supply of provision 

 they should collect at Fort Enterprize. 



If Mr. Wentzel met the Hook, or any of his party. 

 he was instructed to assure them that he was provided 

 with the necessary documents to get them payment 

 for any meat they should put en cache for our use ; 

 and to acquaint them, that we fully relied on their 

 fulfilling every part of the agreement they had made 

 with us. Whenever the Indians, whom he was to 

 join at the Copper Mountains, killed any animals on 

 their way to Fori Enterprize, he was requested to put 

 en cache whatever meal could be spared, placing con- 

 spicuous marks to guide us to them ; and I par- 

 ticularly begged he would employ them in hunting 

 in our service, immediately after his arrival at the 

 house. 



When Mr. Wentzel's party had been supplied with 

 ammunition, our remaining Btock consisted of one 

 thousand balls, and a little more than the requisite 



