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taught to abstain form labour on the sabbath, and to 

 consider that it should be employed in a religious 

 manner. The people, however, who have been 

 long in this savage country, have no scruples of 

 conscience on this subject. 



Tuesday, 24. 1 have, for some days past, been 

 employed, together with several other clerks, in 

 marking packs of furs. Almost every day, for some 

 time past, people have been flocking in from 

 the Interiour, with the returns of the season. 



Saturday, 28. The last night, a squaw, in a 

 state of intoxication, stabbed her husband, who 

 soon after expired. This afternoon, I went to 

 their tent, where I saw a number of Indians, of 

 both sexes, drinking and crying over the corpse, 

 to which they would frequently offer rum, and try 

 to pour it down his throat, supposing him to be as 

 fond of rum when dead, as he was when alive. 

 The Natives of this place are Chippeways. 



Friday, July 4. In the day time, the Natives 

 were permitted to dance in the fort, and the Com- 

 pany made them a present of thirty six gallons of 

 shrub. In the evening, the gentlemen of the 

 place dressed, and we had a famous ball, in the 

 dining room. For musick, we had the bag-pipe, 

 the violin and the flute, which added much to 

 the interest of the occasion. At the ball, there 

 was a number of the ladies of this country ; and 



