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some minor arrangements, we parted, mutu- 

 ally content. He left us on the morning of 

 the 31st, accompanied by Augustus, who, 

 at his request, went to reside for a few 

 days at his lodge. 



On the 4th of April our men arrived 

 with the last supply of goods from Fort 

 Providence, the fruits of Mr. Back's ar- 

 duous journey to the Athabasca Lake ; and 

 on the 17th Belanger le gros and Belanger 

 le rouge, for so our men discriminated them, 

 set out for Slave Lake, with a box contain- 

 ing the journals of the officers, charts, draw- 

 ings, observations, and letters addressed to 

 the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. 

 They also conveyed a letter for Governor 

 Williams, in which I requested that he 

 would, if possible, send a schooner to Wa- 

 ger Bay with provisions and clothing, to 

 meet the exigencies of the party, should 

 they succeed in reaching that part of the 

 coast. 



Connoyer, who was much tormented with 

 biliary calculi, and had done little or no 

 duty all the winter, was discharged at the 



