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at all dangerous to go among them. But, in the 

 fore part of the summer, which is their rutting sea- 

 son, it is quite the reverse. Then, if they per- 

 ceive a human being, the males will pursue him, 

 and if they can overtake, will trample him under 

 their feet, or pierce their horns through his 

 body. 



The male buffaloe, when fat, will weigh from 

 one thousand, to fifteen hundred pounds, and 

 the female, from eight hundred, to a thousand. 

 Their meat is excellent eating; but is not gene- 

 rally considered so delicious, as that of the moose. 



Wednesday, February 11. On the 1st inst. ac- 

 companied by eight of our people, and one of the 

 Natives as a guide, I set off, with a small assort- 

 ment of goods, to go and trade with about fifty 

 families of Crees and Assiniboins. In going to 

 their camp or village, we were three days, and at 

 all times, in an open country. After we had en- 

 camped the first night, there came on a terrible 

 storm of snow, accompanied by a strong and cold 

 north wind ; and as we were in an open plain, we 

 had nothing to shelter us from the violence of the 

 weather. In the morning, we were covered with 

 ' snow, a foot in depth. Our people, however, soon 

 harnessed the dogs ; and we proceeded, hoping to 

 warm ourselves, by running. This we found it 

 difficult to do, as the wind was strong, and directly 



