Harmon's journal. 



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secure ourselves from aggression, that we mani- 

 fest that we are not afraid of them. 



Saturday, 12. During the last three days, it 

 has snowed continually ; and it has fallen to the 

 depth of nearly two feet. 



Monday, 21. We have now in our store, 

 twenty five thousand salmon. Four in a day are 

 allowed to each man. — I have sent some of our 

 people to take white fish. 



Thursday, 31. Two men have arrived from 

 M c Leod's Lake, and have delivered me several 

 letters, one of which, from Mr. James M c Dougall, 

 who accompanied our people from the Rainy 

 Lake, informs me, that the canoes were stopped 

 by the ice, on the 12th inst. about three days' 

 march below M c Leod's Lake, where they still re- 

 main, together with the property which they had 

 on board. 



Saturday, November 16. Our fishermen have 

 returned to the fort, and inform me that they 

 have taken seven thousand white fish. These 

 fish, which, singly, will weigh from three to four 

 pounds, were taken in nine nets, of sixty fathoms 

 each. 



Sunday, 17. Clear and cold. The last night, 

 the lake, opposite to the fort, froze over. — The 

 greater part of the snow, which fell in October, is 

 now dissolved. 



