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him to write the letter, always forgetting he had already 
done so more than once. Mr. Murray put him off, good- 
naturedly at first, but with increasing wrath each time the 
man nagged him, and also reminded him in more and more 
forcible language that he was drunk. The last time he 
thrust his head into the tent Murray’s face ‘“‘ spoke volumes” 
without his uttering a word. In an unguarded moment the 
half-intoxicated Pilon changed the subject and remarked, 
“Monsieur Murra, you look lak ’e dey, sair.” Murray 
threw down his book, sprang to his feet and seized the rifle 
which always lay beside him. Pilon had only a moment to 
run behind the large canoe-house near by. Before Murray’s 
temper could cool to a reflective stage he had made the 
circuit of the building several times in pursuit of the 
fugitive. Then, doubling back on him, there was a lively 
game of hide-and-seek round the corners of the building. 
Meantime the Indians and I, convulsed with laughter, 
threw ourselves down behind the largest boulders we could 
find lest the expected bullet might come our way. In a 
few minutes, however, Mr. Murray walked quietly back to 
his tent and the next morning discharged the offending 
Pilon. : 
Mr. Murray having been the first to survey and map the 
river now known as the Petewawé, gave it this name 
after an old Indian friend of his whose principal camping 
place was at the mouth of the river, and who was well 
known to all frequenters of old Fort William, which stood 
on the opposite side of the Ottawa. 
Mount Logan, in the Shick Shock range in Gaspé, was so 
called at the suggestion of Mr. Murray, and he also gave 
the names they now bear to many of the geographical 
features in the country north of Lake Huron, which he 
was the first to lay down correctly on the map. He was 
an excellent surveyor and astronomical observer, a8 well as 
a neat and skillful draughtsman, as witnessed by the 
numerous large and well executed maps of his in the 
office of the Survey. Most of his surveys were plotted 
with his own hands, in the field. The numerous latitudes 
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