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Obstruction Rapid, it bad been proposed to give him 

 a reward upon our arrival at a post. His principles; 

 however, unsupported by a belief in the divine truths 

 of Christianity, were unable to withstand the pressure 

 of severe distress. His countrymen, the Iroquois, are 

 generally Christians, but he was totally uninstructed 

 and ignorant of the duties inculcated by Christianity ; 

 and from his long residence in the Indian country, 

 seems to have imbibed, or retained, the rules of con- 

 duct which the southern Indians prescribe to them- 

 selves. 



On the two following days we had mild but thick 

 snowy weather, and as the view was too limited to 

 enable us to preserve a straight course, we remained 

 era amped amongst a few willows and dwarf pines, 

 about five miles from the tent. We found a species 

 of cornicularia, a kind of lichen, that was good toeal 

 when moistened and toasted over the fire : and w© 

 had ;i good many pieces 01 singed buffalo hide remain* 

 ing. 



On the 26th, the weather being dear and extremely 

 cold, we resumed our march, which was very painful 

 from the depth of the snow, particularly on th" mar- 

 gins of the s:;i;ill l;il;rs thai lay in our route. We fre- 

 quently sunk under the \<'^' ] . of our blankets, and 

 obliged toassisteach otb r in getting up. A.ftei 

 walking aboul three miles and a half, however, we 



