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reason, and wandered about the tents the 

 ~~whole day, crying and singing out his name. 



On the 1st of December we removed 

 with the Indians to the southward. 



On the 4th we again set off after the In- 

 dians about noon, and soon overtook them, 

 as they had halted, to drag from the water, 

 and cut up and share a moose-deer, that 

 had been drowned in a rapid part of the 

 river, partially covered with ice. These 

 operations detained us a long time, which 

 was the more disagreeable, as the weather 

 was extremely unpleasant from cold low 

 fogs. We were all much fatigued at the 

 hour of encampment, which was after dark, 

 though the day's journey did not exceed 

 four miles. At every halt the elderly men 

 of the tribe made holes in the ice and put 

 in their lines. One of them shared the 

 produce of his fishery with us this evening. 



In the afternoon of the 6th, Belanger and 

 another Canadian arrived from Fort Provi- 

 dence, sent by Mr. Weeks with two trains 

 of dogs, some spirits and tobacco for the 

 Indians, a change of dress for ourselves, 



