Harmon's journal. 



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lar on whom the punishment of an offence falls, 

 whether the guilty person, or a relation or friend 

 of this person. The first of these whom he hap- 

 pens to meet, becomes the object of his ven^ 

 geance ; and then his wrath is appeased, and he will 

 not even lift his hand against the person who has 

 offended him. 



Saturday, 24. Yesterday, Mr. F. Goedike ar- 

 rived from Alexandria, and delivered me a letter 

 from Mr. M c Gillies, requesting me to abandon Lac 

 la Peche, and proceed, with all my people, to Alex- 

 andria. In the fore part of the day, we all left 

 the former place. There is a woman with us, be- 

 longing to one of our men, who has walked the 

 whole day, in the snow and water, and who, this 

 evening, gave birth to a son. 



Tuesday, 27. ^Alexandria. Here we arrived 

 this afternoon. The woman who, on the 24th inst. 

 was delivered of a child, took it on her shoulders 

 the day following, and continued her march, as 

 though nothing unusual had occurred ! It is a 

 very happy circumstance, that the women of this 

 country are blessed with such strong constitutions, 

 as they would otherwise be utterly unable to en- 

 dure the hardships to which they are often expos- 

 ed, and particularly in child-birth. 



Monday, •April 9. Yesterday, the ice in this 

 river broke up ; and to day, we sent off four men 



