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vicinity. My instructions to him were, that 

 he should proceed to Point Lake, transport 

 the canoe that was left there to Fort Enter- 

 prise, where he was to embark the instru- 

 ments and books, and carry them to Slave 

 Lake, and to forward the box containing 

 the journals, &c, with the present de- 

 spatches, by the next winter packet to 

 England. But before he quitted Fort En- 

 terprise, he was to be assured of the inten- 

 tion of the Indians to lay up the provision 

 we required, and if they should be in want 

 of ammunition for that purpose, to procure 

 it if possible from Fort Providence, or the 

 other forts in Slave Lake, and send it im- 

 mediately to them by the hunters who ac- 

 companied him thither. I also requested 

 him to ascertain from Akaitcho and the 

 other leading Indians where their different 

 parties would be hunting in the months of 

 September and October, and to leave this 

 information in a letter at Fort Enterprise, 

 for our guidance in finding them, as we 

 should require their assistance. Mr. Went- 

 zel was furnished with a list of the stores 



