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In b subsequent conversation he Btated to me, that 

 . o [ndians, who were actually with him at Fort 

 Enterprise, whilst he remained there altering hi* 

 canoe, were prevented from hunting, one by an acci- 

 dental Lameness, the other by the fear of meeting 

 alone some of the 1 ' ig-Bib Indians. 



Point Lake at the Crow's Neat, where Bumpy bad prom* 

 isc.i t,. meel bin brother Ekehcho 4 with the families, bul did Dot fulfil], 

 1 1 < > i- did any of my party of [ndiana know where in find them : for we 

 had frequently made Area t<> apprize them of our approach, y< 

 d in return aa answers. This disappointment, as might 



6 ill-humor Of tin' Leader and party, die 



. ! torn, i was liberally dls- 



1 on me in bitter reproach for having led them from their fam« 



.1 exposed them to dangers and hardships, which but 



for my influence, they said, they might have Bpared them 



Nevertheless, they still continued to profess tin- sine. Test desire of 



j your wishes in making caches of provisions, and re m a inin g 



until a late season on tin' road that loads from Fort Enterprise t>> 



Fort Providence, through which the Expedition-men hail traveled so 



often tin- year before at the same time, that 



they bad nol tin' least hope eeing one person return from 



the Expedition. These alarming fears 1 never could persuade them 



to dismiss from their minds; they always sneered at what they railed 



•my credulity ,' — • If,' said th< meaning 



Captain Franklin.) or any of his party, should pa^s at my tenU 



they shall be welcome to ;di my | or any thing else thnt I 



may have. 1 And I am sincerely happy to understand, l 

 municaUcn, that in this ho had k.<pt his word— in sending you with 



* Akaiteho 



