NORTH-WEST CONTINENT OF AMERICA.

I fent the Indians on an hunting party, but they returned without fuc-
cefs; and they exprefled their determination not to follow me any further,
from their apprehenfion of being drowned.

Weembarked at one this morning, and took from the nets a large trout,
and twenty white fifh. At fun-rife a {mart aft breeze {prang up, which
wafted us to M. Le Roux’s houfe by two in the afternoon. It was late
before he and our Indians arrived; when, according to a promife which
I had made the latter, I gave them a plentiful equipment of iron ware,
ammunition, tobacco, &c. as a recompence for the toil and inconvenie

ence they had fuftained with me.

I propofed to the Englifh chief to proceed to the country of the
Beaver Indians, and bring them to difpofe of their peltries to M. Le
Roux, whom I intended to leave there the enfuing winter. He had
already engaged to be at Athabafca, in the month of March next,
with plenty of furs.

~ [fat up all night to make the neceffary arrangements for the embarka-
tion of this morning, and to prepare inftru€tions for M. Le Roux. We
obtained fome provifions here, and parted from him at five, with fine calm
weather. It foon, however, became neceflary to land on a {mall ifland, to
ftop the leakage of the canoe, which had been occafioned by the fhot of an

arrow under the water mark, by fome Indian children. While this bufinefs

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‘was proceeding, we took the opportunity of dreffing fome fifh. Attwelve

the wind {prang up from the South-Eaft, which was in the teeth of our
direction, fo that our progrefs was greatly impeded. I had an obfervation,
O2 which