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of superiority in addressing me, as evinced that he 
considered us to be completely in his power, and he 
gave vent to several expressions of hatred towards the 
white people, or as he termed us in the idiom of the 
voyagers, the French, some of whom, he said, had 
killed and eaten his uncle and two of his relations, In 
short, taking every circumstance of his conduct,into 
consideration, [ came to the conclusion, that he would 
attempt to destroy us on the first opportunity that 
offered, and that he had hitherto abstained from doing 
so from his ignorance of the way to the Fort, but that 
he would never suffer us to go thither in company 
with him. In the course of the day he had several 
times remarked that we were pursuing the same 
course that Mr. Franklin was doing when we left him, 
and that by keeping towards the setting sun he could 
find his way himself. Hepburn and I were not ina 
condition to resist even an open attack, nor could we 
by any device escape from him. Our united strength 
was far inferior to his, and, beside his gun, he was armed. 
with two pistols, an Indian bayonet, and a knife, In 
the afternoon, coming to a rock on which there was 
some tripe de roche, he halted, and said he would 
gather it whilst we went on, and that he would soon 
overtake us. Hepburn and I were now left together 
for the first time since Mr. Hood’s death, and he ac- 
quainted me with several material circumstances, 
