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We engaged another Canadian voyager at this place, 
and the expedition then consisted of twenty-eight 
persons, including the officers, and the wives of three 
of the voyagers, who were brought for the purpose of 
making shoes and clothes for the men at the winter 
2stablishment ; there were also three children, belong- 
ing to two of these women.* 
* The following is the list of the officers and men who composed the 
expedition on its departure from Fort Providence : 
John Franklin, Lieutenant of the Royal Navy and Commander. 
John Richardson, M. D., Surgeon of the Royal Navy. 
Mr. George Back, of the Royal Navy, Admiralty Midshipman. 
Mr. Robert Hood, of the Royal Navy, Admiralty Midshipman. 
Mr. Frederic Wentzel, Clerk to the North-West Company. 
John Hepburn, English seaman. 
CANADIAN VOYAGERS. 
John Peltier, Gabriel Beauparlant, 
Mathew Pelonquin, dit Credit, Vincenza Fontano, 
Solomon Belanger, Registe Vaillant, 
Joseph Bennoit, Jean Baptiste Parent, 
Joseph Gagne, Jean Baptiste Belanger, 
Pierre Dumas, Jean Baptiste Belleau, 
Joseph Forcier, Emanuel Cournoyee, 
Ignace Perrault, Michel Teroahaute an Troquois, 
Francais Samandre. 
INTERPRETERS, 
Pierre St. German, Chipewyan Bois Brules, 
Jean Baptiste Adam. ; 
