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Chipewyan by Mr. Wentzel, on his return from the 
sea, and from thence to be sent to England. The 
room was blocked up, and, by the advice of Mr. 
Wentzel, a drawing representing a man holding a 
dagger in a threatening attitude,.was affixed to the 
door, to deter any Indians from breaking it open. 
We directed our course towards the Dog-rib Rock, 
but as our companions were loaded with the weight of 
near one hundred and eighty pounds weight each, we 
of necessity proceeded at a slow pace. The day was 
extremely warm, and the musquitoes, whose attacks 
had hitherto been feeble, issued forth in swarms from 
the marshes, and -were very tormenting. Having 
walked five miles we encamped near a small cluster of 
pines about two miles from the Dog-rib Rock. The 
canoe party had not been seen since they set out. 
Our hunters went forward to Marten Lake, intending 
to wait for us ata place where two deer were de- 
posited. At nine P.M. the temperature of the air 
was 63°. . 
We resumed our march at an early hour, and 
crossed several lakes which lay in our course, as the 
ice enabled the men to drag their burdens on trains 
formed of sticks and deers’ horns, with more ease than 
they could carry them on, their backs. We were kept 
constantly wet by this operation, as the ice had 
broken near the shores of the lakes, but this incon- 
