112 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



panied the women to the Beth-see-to, and 

 promised to behave better in future. I 

 then told him, that I intended in future to 

 give them ammunition only in proportion to 

 the meat which was brought in, and that we 

 should commence upon that plan by sup- 

 plying iiim with fifteen balls, and each of 

 the hunters with ten. 



The number of our hunters was now 

 reduced to five, as two of the most active 

 declined going any further, their father, who 

 thought himself dying, having solicited them 

 to remain and close his eyes. These five 

 were furnished with ammunition, and sent 

 forward to hunt on the south border of the 

 lake, with directions to place any meat 

 they might procure near the edge of the 

 lake, and set up marks to guide us to the 

 spots. Akaitcho, his brother, the guide, 

 and three other men, remained to accom- 

 pany us. We were much surprised to per- 

 ceive an extraordinary difference in climate 

 in so short an advance to the northward as 

 fifty miles. The snow here was lying in 

 large patches on the hills. The dwarf- 



