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persons were appointed to take it in charge.» The 
snow was two feet deep, and the ground much broken, 
which rendered the march extremely painful. The 
whole party complained more of faintness and weak- 
ness than they had ‘ever done before ; their strength 
seemed to have been impaired by the recent supply of 
animal food. In the afternoon the wind abated, and 
the snow ceased ; cheered with the change, we pro- 
ceeded forward at a quicker pace, and encamped at 
six P.M., having come eleven miles. Our supper con- 
sumed the last of our meat. - 
We set out on the 13th, in thick hazy weather, 
and, after an hour’s march, had the extreme mortifica- 
tion to find ourselves on the borders of a large lake, 
which we subsequently learned from the Indians was 
named Contwoy-to, or Rum Lake ; neither of its ex- 
tremities could be seen, As the portion which lay to 
the east seemed the widest, we coasted along to the 
westward portion in search of a crossing-place This 
lake being bounded by steep and lofty hills, our march 
was very fatiguing. Those sides which were exposed 
to the sun were free from snow, and we found upon 
them some excellent berries. We encamped at six P. 
M., having come only six miles and a half. “Crédit 
was then missing, and he did not return during the 
night. We supped off a single partridge and some 
tripe de roche ; this unpalatable weed was now quite 
