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had finished his narrative, I took him and his son by their 

 hands, and requested them to come with me to the place 

 where I had left my people, who were rejoiced to see vis 

 return, having been in a state of great anxiety from our 

 long absence. I immediately remunerated the yonng chief 

 for his company and assistance in our voyage to the sea, 

 as well as his father, for his former attentions. I gave 

 them cloth and knives, and, indeed, a portion of every 

 thing which now remained to us. The presents had the 

 desired effect of restoring us to their favour; but these 

 people are of so changeable a nature, that;there is no secu- 

 rity with them. I procured three ro^s and two otter- 

 skins, and if I could have given such articles in exchange 

 as they preferred, I should probably have obtained more. 

 I now represented the length of the way which I had to 

 go, and requested some fish to support us on our jour- 

 ney, when he desired us to follow him to the house, where 

 mats were immediately arranged and a fish placed before 

 each of us. 



We were now informed, that our dog, whom we had 

 lost, had been howling about the village ever since we left 

 it, and that they had reason to believe he left the woods at 

 night to eat the fish he could find about the houses. I im- 

 mediately dispatched Mr. Mackay, and a man, in search 

 of the animal, but they returned without him. 



When I manifested my intention to proceed on my 

 journey, the chief voluntarily sent for ten roasted salmon, 

 and having attended us with his son, and a great number 

 of his people, to the last house in the village, we took our 

 leave. Itw T as then half past three in the afternoon. 



I directed Mr. Mackay to take the lead, and the others 

 to follow him in Indian files, at a long and steady pace, as 

 I determined to bring up the rear. I adopted this mea- 

 sure from a confusion that was observable among the na- 

 tives which I did not comprehend. I was not without my 

 suspicions that some mischief was in agitation, and they 

 were increased from the confused noise we heard in the 

 village. At the same time a considerable number came 

 running after us ; some of them making signs for us to 

 stop, and others rushing by me. I perceived also, that 

 those who followed us were the strangers who live among 

 these people, and are kept by them in a state of awe and 

 subjection; and one of them made signs to me that we 

 were taking a wrong road. I immediately called out to 



