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and the snoy melted fast. Horses were sent for the 
lame ,man, and he was brought to the fort his feet 
were not so bad as we had expected. 
On the 17th. it became cold ; the wind blew hard 
from the north, and it began to freeze. 
Friday 1 Sth, Clear cold weather. Two of om' hun- 
ters returned, and had killed four deer, four wolves 
and a prarow. Two men belonging to the N. W. 
company, who stay at the Grossventers village, came 
to the fort. They say this animal which the French 
eall a prarow, or brarov/, is a species of the badger. 
Saturday \9th. Two men were sent with horses 
for meat, to the hunters' Camp, which is thirty mile9 
down the river. 
Sunday 20th, I went up with one of the m^en to the 
Tillages. They treated us friendly and gave us victuals. 
.After we were done eating they presented a bmvlful 
to abuffaloe head, saying eat that,''* Their super- 
stitious credulity is so great, that they believe by 
using the head well the living ^buffaloe will come and 
that they will get a supply of meat. 
Monday 2\8t, A clear cold day. Our hunters re- 
turned to the fort, and brought with them three horse 
load of venison and elk meat. 
The weather on the 22nd and 23rd. was warm, and 
we commenced cutting the ice from about our craft, 
in order to get them out of the river. The snow fell 
about three inches deep. 
Thursday 2Uh, A cold day. Some of our hunters 
w^ent out, but killed nothing, 
Friday 25th, All hands were employed in cutting 
away the ice, which we find a tedio s business. 
Saturday 26th, A pleasant day and all hands em- 
ployed in cutting wood, to make charcoal. We have 
a blacksmith with us, and a small set of blacksmith 
tools. The blacksmith makes war-axes, arilFother 
axes to cut v/ood ; which are exch^inged with the 
natives for corn, which iscf great service to us as we 
could not bring much with us. 
