I It ■ 



on going to the Fori itch and prepare 



our cl >thea for the journey. We singed the hair 



irt of the buffalo robe thai be] l,to Mr, II 1, 



and boiled and ate it. Michel tried to persuade me 

 to go to the woods on the* Mine River, and 



hunt for deer, instead of sroing to tin- Fort. In tin- 

 afternoon a partridges coming near the tent, 



ralj which he Bhared with us. 

 . weather and fi head wind prevented 

 us from starting the following day, bui on the morning 

 the 'J."M '■■ irrying with us the remainder 



of the singed rob . Eepburn and Michel had each a 

 gun, and I carried a small pistol, which Bepburn had 

 loaded for me. [n the course of the march Mi 

 alarmed us much by his gestures and conduct, wan 

 constantly muttering to himself, i 1 an unwill- 



I it, and tried to [ me 



i to the southward to the woods, where he said he 

 could maintain himself all the winter by killing di 

 In consequence of this behavior, and the expn 

 his countenance, I requested him to leave us and to go 

 to the southward by himself. This j • 

 his ill-nature, he threw ire bints 



ing himself from all restraint on the morrow : and 

 i overheard him muttering threats againsi Bepburn, 

 whom he openly of having to) 



him. Be also for the firel time. 



