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previous to our departure, to make arrange- 

 ments respecting the requital of our late 

 Indian companions ; and the more so, as 

 we had recently discovered that Akaitcho, 

 and the whole of his tribe, in consequence 

 of the death of the leader's mother, and the 

 wife of our old guide Keskarrah, had broken 

 and destroyed every useful article belonging 

 to them, and were in the greatest distress. 

 It was an additional pleasure to find our 

 stock of ammunition more than sufficient to 

 pay them what was due, and that we could 

 make a considerable present of this most 

 essential article to every individual that had 

 been attached to the Expedition. 



We quitted Moose-Deer Island at five 

 P.M., on the 26th, accompanied by Mr. 

 M' Vicar and Mr. M'Auley, and nearly all 

 the voyagers at the establishment, having 

 resided there about five months, not a day 

 of which had passed without our having 

 cause of gratitude for the kind and unvaried 

 attentions of Mr. M 'Vicar and Mr. M'Auley. 

 These gentlemen accompanied us as far as 

 Fort Chipewyan, where we arrived on the 



