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Canadians and half-breeds, and sixty women 

 and children, who consumed upwards of 

 seven hundred pounds of buffalo meat 

 daily, the allowance per diem for each man 

 being eight pounds : a portion not so ex- 

 travagant as may at first appear, when al- 

 lowance is made for bone, and the entire 

 want of farinaceous food or vegetables. 



There are other provision posts, Fort 

 Augustus and Edmonton, farther up the 

 river, from whence some furs are also pro- 

 cured. The Stone Indians have threatened 

 to cut off the supplies in going up to these 

 establishments, to prevent their enemies 

 from obtaining ammunition, and other Eu- 

 ropean articles ; but as these menaces have 

 been frequently made without being put in 

 execution, the traders now hear them with- 

 out any great alarm, though they take every 

 precaution to prevent being surprised. Mr. 

 Back and I were present when an old Cree 

 communicated to Mr. Prudens, that the 

 Indians spoke of killing all the white people 

 in that vicinity this year, which information 

 he received with perfect composure, and 



