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burn, on the contrary, animated by a firm reliance on 
the beneficence of the Supreme Being, tempered with 
resignation to-his will, was indefatigable in his exer- 
tions to serve us, and daily collected all the tripe de 
roche that was used in the officers’. mess. Mr. Hood 
could not partake of this miserable fare, and a par- 
tridge which had been reserved for him was, I lament 
to say, this day stolen by one of the men. 
Oct. 4.—The canoe being finished, it was brought 
to the encampment, and the whole party being assem- 
bled in anxious expectation on the beach, St. Ger- 
main embarked, and amidst our prayers for his success, 
succeeded in reachiug the opposite shore. The canoe 
was then drawn back again, and another person trans- 
ported, and in this manner, by drawing it backwards 
and forwards, they were all conveyed over withoutany 
serious accidents By these frequent traverses the va- 
noe was materially injured ; and latterly it filled each 
time with water before reaching the shore, so that all 
our garments and bedding were -wet, and there was 
not a sufficiency of willows upon the side on which 
we now were, to make a fire to dry them. 
That no time might be lost in procuring relief, I 
immediately despatched Mr. Back with St. Germain, 
Solomon Belanger, and Beauparlant, to search for the 
Indians, directing him to go to Fort Enterprize, where 
we expected they would be, or where, at least, a note 
