90 Thirty Years 
the party, but being then a mere boy, he had forgot- 
ten many of the circumstances. He confirms, how- 
ever, the leading incidents related by Hearne, and was 
positive he reached the sea, though he admitted that 
none of the party had tasted the water. He repre- 
sented himself to be the only survivor of that party. 
As he was esteemed a good Indian, I presented him 
with a medal, which he received gratefully, and con- 
cluded a long speech upon the occasion, by assuring 
me he should preserve it carefully all his life. 
On the 10th of May we were gratified by the ap- 
pearance of spring, though the ice remained firm on 
the lake. The anemone (pulsatilla, pasque flower,) 
appeared this day in flower, the trees began to put 
forth their leaves, and the musquitoes visited the warm 
roonis, On the 17th and 18th there were frequent 
showers of rain, and much thunder and lightning. 
This moist weather caused the ice to waste so rapidly, 
that by the 24th it had entirely disappeared from the 
lake. The gentlemen belonging to both the Compa- 
nies quickly arrived from the different posts in this 
department, bringing their winter’s collection of furs, 
which are forwarded from these establishments to the 
dc pots. 
July 2.—The canoe, which was ordered to be built 
for our use, was finished. As it was constructed after 
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