386 Thirty Years 



We quitted Moose-deer Island at five P.M., on the 

 26th, accompanied by Mr. M'Vicar and Mr. M'Auley, 

 and nearly all the voyagers at the establishment, hav- 

 ing resided there about five months, not a day of which 

 had passed without our having cause of gratitude, for 

 the kind and unvaried attentions of Mr. M'Vicar and 

 Mr. M'Auley. These gentlemen accompanied us as 

 far as Fort Chipewyan, where we arrived on the 2d of 

 June ; here we met Mr. Wentzel, and the four men, 

 who had been sent with him from the mouth of the 

 Copper- Mine Kiver; and I think it due to that gen- 

 tleman, to give his own explanation of the unfortunate 

 circumstances which prevented him from fulfilling ray 

 last instructions, respecting the provisions to have 

 been left for us at Fort Enterprize.* 



* "After you sent me back from the mouth of the Copper-Mine 

 River, and I had overtaken the Leader, Guides, and Hunters on tho 

 fifth day leaving the sea-coast, as well as on our journey up the River, 

 they always expressed tho same desire of fulfilling their promi&os, 

 although somev ha! di isatisfied at being exposed in privation while on 

 ■ ; urn. from a scarcity of animals ; for as I have already .staled in 

 my firsl communication from Mouse Peer Maud, we hail been eleven 

 .-. ith i o other food bul tripe de roche. In the corns,. ,,i this, time 

 an Indian, with his wife and chilil, who wore traveling iii company 

 with us, were left in the rear and are ince supposed to have pei 



h no into Hi ■• oce had i o received of them at Fori 



dence in December last. On the 7th daj alter i hail joined the 



• a > :u d journeying on t ther, ad the Indians except 



Petit Pied and Bald-Head, lofl me to seek their families and 



