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that had been promised to Akaitcho and his party as 
a remuneration for their services, as well as with an 
official request to the North-West Company that 
these goods might be paid to them on their next visit 
to Fort Providence, which they expected to make in 
the latter part of November. I desired him to men- 
tion this circumstance to the Indians as an encourage- 
ment to their exertion in our behalf, and to promise 
them an additional reward for the supply of provision 
they should collect at Fort Enterprize. 
If Mr. Wentzel met the Hook, or any of his party, 
he was instructed to assure them that he was provided 
with the necessary documents to get them payment 
for any meat they should put en cache for our use ; 
and to acquaint them, that we fully relied on their 
fulfilling every part of the agreement they had made 
with us. Whenever the Indians, whom he was to 
join at the Copper Mountains, killed any animals on 
their way to Fort Enterprize, he was requested to put 
en cache whatever meat could be spared, placing con- 
spicuous marks to guide us to them; and I par- 
ticularly begged he would employ:them in hunting 
in our service, immediately after his arrival at the 
house. 
When Mr. Wentzel’s party had been supplied with 
ammunition, our remaining stock consisted of one 
thousand balls, and a little more than the requisite 
