Harmon's journal 



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part of his property to the devil, or as 'they call 

 him, Much-e-mon-e*too. 



Sunday, May 2. Accompanied by one of my 

 interpreters, I have taken a ride to a place where 

 1 intend building a fort, the ensuing summer. The 

 animals in this vicinity are moose, red deer, a spe«* 

 cies of the antelope, grey, black, brown, choco- 

 late coloured and yellowish bears, two species of 

 wolves, wolverines, polecats or skunks, lynxes, 

 kitts, beavers, otters, fishers, martins, minks, badg- 

 ers, muskrats and black, silver, cross and red fox- 

 es. Of fowls, we have swans, geese, bustards, 

 cranes, cormorants, loons, snipes, several species 

 of ducks, water-hens, pigeons, partridges, pheasants, 

 &c. &c. Most of the above named fowls, are nu- 

 merous in spring and autumn ; but, excepting a few, 

 they retire to the north in the summer, to brood. 

 Toward the fall, they return again ; and before 

 winter sets in, they go to the southward, where 

 they remain, during a few of the coldest months 

 of the year. 



Thursday, 6. This morning, I received a let- 

 ter from Mr. M c Leod, who is at Alexandria, in- 

 forming me, that a few nights since, the Assini- 

 boins, who are noted thieves, ran away with twenty 

 two of his horses. Many of this tribe, who reside 

 in the large prairies, are constantly going about 

 to steal horses. Those which they find at one 



