170 Thirty Years 
Akaitcho scolded them heartily for their thoughtless- 
ness in leaving the meat, which we so much wanted. 
They expressed their regret, and being ashamed ot 
their panic, proposed to remedy the evil as much as 
possible by going forward, without stopping until they 
came to a favorable spot for hunting, which they ex- 
pected to do about thirty or forty miles below our 
present encampment. Akaitcho accompanied them, 
but previous to setting off he renewed his charge that 
we should be on our guard against the bears, which 
was occasioned by the hunters having fired at one this 
morning as they were descending a rapid in their 
canoe, As their small canoes would only carry five 
persons, two of the hunters had to walk in turns along 
the banks. 
In our rambles round ‘the encampment, we witnessed 
with pleasure the progress which the vegetation had 
made within the few last warm days; most of the 
trees had put forth their leaves, and several flowers 
ornamented the moss-covered ground; many-of the 
smaller summer birds were observed in the woods, and 
a variety of ducks, gulls, and plovers, were seen on the 
banks of the river. The river is about three hundred 
yards wide at this part, is deep and flows over a bed 
of alluvial sand. We caught some trout of con- 
siderable size with our lines, and a few white fish in 
the nets, which maintained us, with a little assistance 
