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Le Père du Grimaceu sent two young men to the fort to let us 14h Tue : know that his son was dead, and to get a drop, to cheer his spirits on this mournful occasior',—sent him a gal. rum—....…. [ cut 20 sacks or taureaux to put pemican in and gave them to Minie to sew (1)
The fifteen men sent to Pine Fort returned with 4 rolls 18th,Thur: Brazil tobacco, 1 roll Spencer’s twist, 1! keg powder, 3 sacks balls, 2? bales goods, 3 kegs highwines, 8lbs vermillon, 6 bunches blue beads, 3 laced capots, 4 capots of 4 ells, 2 ditto 34, 1 ditto 3ells ; 5 blankets 24 pts —Gave Minie 40 more taureaux to sew, after [ had cut them.
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jé Père du Éric sent for tobacco in the morning and ogip Tues : arrived about noon, en traite. He adopted me in lieu of the It is now cold weather, certainly, but this man came to the fort without anything upon his body but a single pair of shces upon his feet; the rest of his body was as bare naked as when he was born, and he shivered like a leaf with cold ; he had come about two miles in this state, thro’ an DEN PAiNssséssssssesses
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(1) Buffalo raw hides, cut and made up in bags, containing about eighty pounds of pemican.
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without his knowledge, this being a case not provided for in my instructions.
Vieux Frène, Camarade de Paulette,—Poitras’ father—and five young men came sans dessein (1) from the Forks; La Merde d'Eturgeon aud two more Assinibouans came en traile and made a present of 14 ps. dried meat, 6 bladders grease, 5 ps. pounded meat, 12 fresh tongues and 44 skins; gave him & a keg rum: gave the chiefs at the fort, euch a /iole, in all, 7 fioles.
Paid Mary Lafontaine for lacing 14 pairs of snowshoes, and ten buffalo skins she dressed and cut into cords for the packs, and for cutting ten more skins into thongs that were dressed to her hand, 15 plues.
sessssssseseses Le Grand Diable, le Pensionnaire, Petit Plue, ke, came to the fort and made a present: the first, of 21 skins and a buffalo robe; le Pensionnaire, one of 8 buffalo robes. Gave the former 7 gals. and the latter half a keg. Tranquille bought a slave woman—i. e., taken in war—from the latter for two horses and 20 pluëz in goods. Gave the hunter six fioles to drink with them.
Many Indians came for tobacco who say they are coming to trade en loge, say : 43 tents, chiefly Watombagh-ë-na.ton, Gens du Grand Diable.
Sent off the canoes early in the morning, Mr. Grant and I set out about noon.—Slept at the Forks Rivière qui appelle.
(1) This expression is still in use among the French Half Breeds of the North-West and signifies, “without any cause,’’ ‘‘ for nothing.”?
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Left the Forks at 2 P. M.—Slept at Tabault's campment ; next 2nd, Fri-: day, rain forced us ashore a few points below the Little River,
Killed five cows and two buffalo calves and camped below the 4th, Sun : fort of Mountain à la Bosse about two leagues.— Next day, overtook and passed old Houle at the long point of the campment de l'Etredeux (1).—Camped below the Loge de Paille.
Passed the Rapid River. This day we passed about 400 buf- 4h, rues : faloes drowned in the river. They lay on almost every point, huddled together,—Arrived at Augé's River La Souris Fort ; sun, an hour high. Augé has sad complaints againts his H. B. opponent, Mr. Donald, alias Mad. McKay... COS .
By order of Mr. Grant, I took down three or four or five de- gp, hur: clarations of his own men against Mr. Donald McKay, in consequence of which we took him prisoner for firing at Augé and laying in ambush for his life. I was his guard and slept with him at night.
Mr, Grant allowed M. McKay, le malin, to go home, seal his gp, pri: journal and write to his chief, Mr. McNabb. I went with him and, according to his promise, he came back quietly with me.
The canoes and boats arrived.—Finished marking Augé’s packs, 43.
Left River La Souris after breakfast with 14 canoes and 3 1oth, sn: boats. Mr. Grant thought proper to release Mr. Donald McKay so we did not embark him—and he was so pleased with recovering his liberty that it was at his house we breakfasted, by his particular request,
Finished making the Pine Fort packs.—Arranged the men in j5th, Tue: the canoes and boats just in the same order they arrived here last fall. The Indians in the lodges around the fort had a dreadful false alarm from the Scioux, which made them ll
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rush to the fort gate in great confusion to be admitted into it. quite armed.
Left the Pine Fort after breakfast. Poor old Jos. Duchèsne, alias Pirouguelon, cried for sorrow at parting with Mr. Grant...
Passed River du Ailieu, Fort des Trembles and Portage la Prairie. a little below which we passed the Hudson’'s Bay ashore.— Camped at Adhemar's Fort.—Saw a great many sturgeons, but caught none, tho’ we tried repeatedly.
We were up and under arms, sitting at the feet of trees all last night,—i. e., each man his tree—arounû the campement, but it proved to be a false alarm. Slept a little above the old Fort de la Reine.
Met two canotées of Ssuth-Men ascending, headed by a Mons. Fournier.—'Took Morell:, a deserter of ours from Pembin River, from him. ‘he first prairie below Fort de la Reine has been called the Prairie ©, Fournier after this South Trader, ever since.
These canoes are the property of Beaubien and Lavioletie. Fournier took some breakfast with us. While ashore, a accompanied by rain, thunder and lightning overtook Camped near Blondishe’s Fort,
Arrived at the Forks Red River about noon, where we found Frederick Schutz and Desmarais from the Pimbina River. They informed us that Fournier had letters for Mr. Grant from Le Sieur end Frederick himself, which he denied, tho’ Mr. Grant enquired of him.—Slept at the Forks.
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Started from the Forks with 19 canoes and two boats manned by near 100 men and masters:—slept a few points below Mr
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Left the entrance of the Red River and embarked on Lake 26tu, Mon: Winipik at 10 A. M. the wind having abated.—Camped at the Grand Marais, six leagues on our way from the entrance of the Red River.
Left the Grand Marais at noon, Mr. Grant's canoe turned into 27th,Tues: the Bay of the Indian Portage, but 1 went straight for the usual one of Jle à la Biche, and arrived at the Sieur’s Fort ; (1) with a fair wind, an hour before sunset ; neither Mr. Grant, nor the canoes came.
A stormy day ;—[ am much concerned for Mr. Grant and the ostn, Wea: canoes behind, for the wind fell and rose by intervals; it was calm apparently for two hours and, then, frightful gusts of wind came on a sudden.
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My Bourgeois arrived in the morning, and the two boats soon 29:h, Thu : after.
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Piché was obliged to push his boat on account of Pied de Juxe Loutre—whoin he had filled drunk--proving too troublesome. 154, Sun : Most of our canoes started also, —Took on account of what we have here,
Mr. Grant set out for the Grand Portage in a half light canoe, oua, Mon : and I am to go out in charge of the Brigade.
N. B.—This being a route you are as wellacquainted with as myself, [ shall not trouble you with my voyaging diary tillI get back to the River qui appelle Fort, this autumn. Left our campment at the Bassin early in the morning.—CGreut Sri. oumbers of buffaloes all along the route.—Breakfasted at the ?5th Sun :
(1) Fort Alexander, at the mouth of the River Winnipeg.
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