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armed with bows and arrows and with spears.” (Henry, (1), pp. 
256-257.) Fort de Bourbon stood at the northwest corner of Lake 
Winnipeg, and the Assiniboin village of Pasquayah was on the pres- 
ent Carrot River, which flows parallel with the Saskatchewan before 
joining the larger stream. This was in the eastern part of the prov- 
ince of Saskatchewan. 
Early the following year Henry made a visit to an Assiniboin 
village, to reach which he crossed many miles of the frozen wilder- 
ness. He was accompanied by a party of Indians and the short ac- 
count of the journey contains much of interest. They left Fort des 
Prairies, “ built on the margin of the Pasquayah, or Sascatchiwaine,” 
February 5, 1776, and, as is recorded in the journal, “At noon, we 
crossed a small river, called Moose-river, flowing at the feet of very 
lofty banks. Moose-river is said to fall into Lake Dauphin. Beyond 
this stream, the wood grows still more scanty, and the land more 
and more level. Our course was southerly. The snow lay four 
feet deep. The Indians travelled swiftly; and, in keeping pace with 
them, my companions and myself had too much exercise, to suffer 
from the coldness of the atmosphere; but, our snow-shoes being of a 
broader make than those of the Indians, we had much fatigue in 
following their track. The women led, and we marched till sunset, 
when we reached a small coppice of wood, under the protection of 
which we encamped. The baggage of the Indians was drawn by 
dogs, who kept pace with the women, and appeared to be under their 
command. As soon as we halted, the women set up the tents, which 
were constructed, and covered, like those of the Cristinaux. 
“The tent, in which I slept, contained fourteen persons, each of 
whom lay with his feet to the fire, which was in the middle; but, the 
night was so cold, that even this precaution, with the assistance of 
our buffalo-robes was insufficient to keep us warm. Our supper was 
made on the tongues of the wild ox, or buffalo, boiled in my kettle, 
which was the only one in the camp.” 
On the morning of February 7, “I was still asleep, when the 
women began their noisy preparations for our march. The striking 
of the tents, the tongues of the women, and the cries of the dogs, 
were all heard at once. At the first dawn of day, we commenced our 
journey. Nothing was visible but the snow and sky; and the snow 
was drifted into ridges, resembling waves. 
“ Soon after sunrise, we descried a herd of oxen, extending a mile 
and a half in length, and too numerous to be counted. They trav- 
elled, not one after another, as, in the snow, other animals usually 
do, but, in a broad phalanx, slowly, and sometimes stopping to feed.” 
One week was required to reach their destination, and during the 
morning of the 12th of February the party arrived at a small wood, 
