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main cjwring the season for taking and drying sal- 

 mon, on which they subsist, during the greater 

 part of the year. 



Monday, 12. I have sent J. M. Quesnel, ac- 

 companied by ten labouring men, with a small as- 

 sortment of goods, to Frazer's Lake, to reestab- 

 lish the post there. That lake lies nearly Mty 

 miles due west from this. We understand that 

 the Indians, this fall, have taken and dried a con- 

 siderable quantity of salmon, in that vicinity. I 

 have also sent people to the other side of this 

 lake, hoping they will take a few white fish, al- 

 though the season, in which we usually take them, 

 is nearly past. 



Wednesday, 14. The lake, opposite to 

 the fort, froze over the last night. To day 

 Mr. Stuart and company, arrived from M c Leod's 

 Lake. 



Saturday, 17. We have now about eight in- 

 ches of snow on the ground. 



Sunday, 18. Mr. Stuart and company, have 

 gone to Frazer's Lake. I accompanied them to 

 the other side of this lake, where 1 saw all the 

 Indians belonging to the village in this vicinity. 

 They amount to about one hundred souls, are very 

 poorly clothed, and, to us, appear to be in wretched 

 circumstances ; but they are, notwithstanding, con- 

 tented and cheerful. My interpreter informs me, 



