harmon's journal. 



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Henry, a clerk. Mr. M c Leod has also brought 

 another clerk into this country, by the name of 

 Frederick Goedike. This evening, Messrs. 

 M c Leod, Henry and myself, returned, but left 

 the people behind, whose horses are loaded with 

 goods, for this place and Alexandria. 



Tuesday, November 3. Snow has fallen, to the 

 depth of three inches, which is the first that we 

 have had, this fall. 



Thursday, 19. A foot and an half of snow has 

 fallen. 



Wednesday, December 23. Clear and cold. On 

 the 16th inst. I went to Alexandria, where I pass- 

 ed several days agreeably, in the company of 

 Messrs. M c Leod, Henry, and Goedike. We 

 have now more snow than we had at any time 

 the last winter. In consequence of lameness, I 

 returned on a sledge drawn by dogs. 



Friday, 25. This being Christmas day, agree- 

 ably to the custom of the country, I gave our peo- 

 ple a dram, and a pint of spirits, each. 



Monday, 28. Payet, one of my interpreters, 

 has taken one of the daughters of the Natives for 

 a wife ; and to her parents, he gave in rum, dry 

 goods, &c. to the value of two hundred dollars. 

 No ceremonies attend the formation of such con- 

 nexions, as I have before remarked, excepting that 

 the bridegroom, at the time to retire to rest, shows 



