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PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. 



of a couple of engages, named Faye and La Point, in a canoe, with 

 an Indian guide, called Joseph, Son-of-the-White-Patridge, with 

 directions to take him to Rainy Lake. By these he was landed 

 on an island below the Dalles, where they slept. Next morning 

 Keveny complained of being ill, and asked Faye to bring him 

 some warm water. The latter, on coming to the beach, found 

 that La Pointe, and the Indian, had put out into the stream. 

 On being called, they came ashore and took in Faye, and all 

 then went down the river together, abandoning Keveny on the 

 island. A few days afterwards one of the engages in the eanoe, 

 quarrelled with the Indian, and the latter left them. They then 

 turned about and began to ascend the river, but, having lost their 

 guide, could not find their way, and soon encamped on a 

 small island, resolved to wait till some canoe should pass. Four 

 or five days had elapsed, when their expectations were answer- 

 ed, by the arrival of a light canoe, with two partners of the 

 North West Company, and Charles de Reinhard, a clerk, and a 

 Boisbrule, named Mainville, besides the Indian, Joseph, Son-of 

 the-White-Patridge, who had fled from Faye and La Pointe, be- 

 low. After a short halt, during which Mr. M'Lellan, (a partner 

 of the North West Company,) beat the two men w r ith a canoe- 

 pole, all embarked for Rainy Lake. The same day they met 

 other canoes, from which they learned, that Keveny, whose life 

 had been threatened by de Reinhard and others, had left the 

 island, where he was first abandoned, and gone up the river five 

 or six leagues, to another island situated above the Dalles. He 

 was now the subject of engrossing interest and conversation. 

 On reaching this, they found Keveny, as expected. Mr. Grant, 

 one of the partners, landed, w r ith others, and shook hands with 

 him. They then embarked, leaving de Reinhard, Mainville, and 

 Joseph, Son-of-the-White-Patridge, on the island with Keveny. 

 After going two or three leagues further up the river, they en- 

 camped. Some time after landing, the report of a gun was 

 heard in the direction they came from. In half an hour's time, 

 a canoe came from the same direction, having in it de Reinhard, 



