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little shaken, and he made some concessions, 

 but deferred giving a final answer until the 

 arrival of Humpy, his elder brother. The 

 young men, however, did not choose to 

 wait so long, and at night came for the rum, 

 which we judged to be a great step towards 

 a reconciliation. 



St. Germain, the most intelligent of our 

 two interpreters, and the one who had most 

 influence with the Indians, being informed 

 that their defection was, in a great measure, 

 attributed to the unguarded conversations 

 he had held with them, and which he had 

 in part acknowledged, exerted himself 

 much on the following day in bringing about 

 a change in their sentiments, and with some 

 success. The young men, though they 

 declined hunting, conducted themselves with 

 the same good humour and freedom as for- 

 merly. Akaitcho being, as he said, ashamed 

 to show himself, kept close in his tent all 

 day. 



On the 24th one of the women, who 

 accompanied us from Athabasca, was sent 

 down to Fort Providence, under charge of 



