92 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



Carlton House, and on the 31st the boats 

 arrived belonging to the Hudson's Bay 

 Company's Saskatchawan Department. We 

 obtained a canoe and two more volunteers. 

 On the 1st of June the Saskatchawan, 

 swelled by the melting of the snow near the 

 Rocky Mountains, rose twelve feet, and the 

 current of the little rivers bounding Pine 

 Island ran back into the lake, which it filled 

 with mud. 



On the 5th the North- West Company's 

 people arrived, and Mr. Conolly furnished 

 us with a canoe and five Canadians. They 

 were engaged to attend us till Mr. Franklin 

 should think fit to discharge them, and 

 bound under the usual penalties in case of 

 disobedience, or other improper conduct. 

 These poor people entertained such dread 

 of a ship of war, that they stipulated not to 

 be embarked in Lieutenant Parry's vessels, 

 if we should find them on the coast ; a 

 condition with which they would gladly 

 have dispensed, had that desirable event 

 taken place. As we required a Canadian 

 foreman and steersman for the other canoe . 



