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contributed to the restoration of our health ; so that, 

 by the end of February, the swellings of our lis 

 which had returned upon us, had entirely Bubsided, 

 and we were able to walk to any part of the island. 

 Our appetites gradually moderated, and we nearly 



ned <>ur ordinary slat'' of body before the spring. 

 Hepburn alone suffered from a severe attack of rheu- 

 matism, which confined him to his bed for Borne weeks, 

 usnal Bymptoms of Bpring having appeared, on 

 the 25th of May we prepared to embark for Fort 

 Ohipewyan. Fortunately, on the following morni 

 a canoe arrived from that place with the whole of the 

 stuns which we required for the payment of Akaitcho 

 and the hunters. It was extremely gratifying to us 

 to be thus enabled, previous to our departure, to make 

 arrangements respecting the payment of our late In- 

 dian companions ; and the more bo, as we had recently 

 discovered thai Akaitcho, and the whole of the tribe, 



in consequeni I the death of the Leader's mother, 



and the wife of our old guide rleskarrah, had broken 

 and destroyed every useful articl ing to them, 



and thai they were in the greatest distress. [1 ws 

 additional pleasure to find our stock of ammunition 

 was more than sufficient t i pay them what was due, 

 and that we could make a considerable present of this 



most essentia] article to every individual that had 1 



attached to the Expedition. 



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