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of superiority in addressing me, as evinced that he 

 considered us to be completely in his power, and he 

 gave vent to several expressions of hatred towards the 

 white people, or as he termed us in the idiom of the 

 voyagers, the French, some of whom, he said, had 

 killed and eaten his uncle and two of his relations. In 

 short, taking every circumstance of his conduct into 

 consideration, I came to the conclusion, that he would 

 attempt to destroy us on the first opportunity that 

 offered, and that he had hitherto abstained from doing 

 so from his ignorance of the way to the Fort, but that 

 he would never suffer us to go thither in company 

 with him. In the course of the day he had several 

 times remarked that we were pursuing the same 

 course that Mr. Franklin was doing when we left him, 

 and that by keeping towards the setting sun he could 

 find his way himself. Eepburn and I were not in a 

 condition to resist even an open attack, nor could we 

 by any device escape from him. Our united strength 



\v,;s far inferior to his, and, In 'side 1 lis gun, he was armed 

 with two pistols, an Indian bayonet, and a knife. In 

 the afternoon, coming to ;i rock on which there was 



some tripe de roche, he halted, and said he would 

 gather it whilst we went on, and that lie would soon 

 overtake us. Eepburn and I were now loll together 



for tin- first time siiwo Mr. 1 1 nod's death, ami In 1 ac- 

 quainted me with several material circumstancei 



