104 .v Harmon's journal. 



ing, when we found her nearly lifeless. On ex- 

 amining, we discovered that she had run a needle 

 its full length, into her right ear. We brought 

 her again to the fort ; but her head is very much 

 swollen, and her face is perfectly black ; and 

 whether she will recover, is uncertain. [Several 

 years afterward, 1 saw her with her old husband ; 

 and she appeared to enjoy as good health as for- 

 merly.] 



Wednesday, May 4. Alexandria. Here, if 

 Providence permit, I shall pass another summer, 

 and have with me Mr. F. Goedike, one interpre- 

 ter and several labouring men, besides women and 

 children. As Mr. Goedike will be absent from 

 the fort, during the greater part of the summer, 

 I shall be, in a great measure, alone ; for ignorant 

 Canadians furnish little society. Happily for me, 

 I have lifeie^ friends, my books, that will never 

 abandon me, until I first neglect them. 



Thursday, June 2. I have set our people to 

 surround a piece of ground for a garden, with pal- 

 isades, such as encompass our forts. The X. Y. 

 people are building a fort, five miles up this 

 river. 



One of our men, a Canadian, gave me his son/ 

 a lad of about twelve years of age, whom I agree, 

 in the name of the North West Company, to feed 

 and clothe, until he becomes able to earn some- 



