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The whole keg would have been taken from him by the Foutreau and his band, who got enraged with drinking pure highwines, had it not been for the Gendre du Foutreau, a good indian, who hurried Gareau and Alain,—the Joueur de Gobelets -cff in the night, en fuyards. leaving the girl, as well as the sum and knives in the quiet possession of the Indians.--Vast vumbers of buffaloes quite ñear the fort: the men kill some

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St. Denis and St. Pierre returned from Mountain à la Bosse Maron with the afflicting news of poor John Miln's death which ;449, snt : happened last Sunday, 8th instant.—His sickness and death happened suddenly and show how necessary it is to be prepared {or that awful change that cannot be reacted over again.

Grand Diable arrived and made me a present 0f6 buffalo robes o4tn, Tue : and 10 wolves.—gave him, in return, a large keg and à chiefs clothing in censideration of his bringing and sending his band to trade here all winter, and in recompense for his giving the Fort a good name and sending every person who would listen to him to trade. Ot-chigh-tché, Tabault’s daughter and other Indians who came with him, made à present of 4 buffalo robes for which I gave them two gallons..….… ie see road

Le Grand Diable went away after making me a tender of his 26th, Thu : wife’s favors and seemed surprised and chagrined at my refusal, but the Lady much more so, and I thought it prudent to make ber some trifling presents to pacify her. |

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Gummed our canoes and launched them.—Started them for the Forks with 138+137 taureaux of pemican.—Le Zrène, les deux Cœurs came to sell a young slave girl, which, on my refusal, Poitras purchased.

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The Brigade and I left the Forks of 1he River qui appelle about sunrise, say : 9 canoes and 3 boats, well loaded. My canoe having an extra man, I took the lead, intending to have spare time to hunt and prepare for the arrival of the other cratts at Mountain à la Bosse.

Observing a good many carcasses of buffaloes in the river and along its banks, I was taken up the whole day with counting them and, to my surprise, found I had numbered when we put up at night, 7360, drowned and mired along the river and init It is true, in one or two places, I went on shore and walked from one carcass to the other, where they lay from three to five files deep.

Camped at the first little plain with a steep high bank below the Grand Bois, where we made a good kettle of beaver, goose and duck.—Gave men a coup and slept soundly. —The brigade DEN rite dinde oies retient

.…..Overtook Messrs. Grant and Geo. McKay's canoe ashore,— breakfasting amongst the fine oak grove above the Rapid River where they had slept, shifted and shaved.—Started with them after breakfast and kept in company with them till we arrive at Fort of River La Souris... ones ts PAT

There were five different oppositions built here last winter, all working against one another.

Jussome and the Mandan men arrived here with their returns, fifteen days ago, all but Jos. Dubé, who deserted from the rest and staid with the Indians of the Missouri,

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Overtook all our crafts at the River aux morts... Entered ruxr Lake Ouinipique and crossed over to the Grand Marais re " . 8! we were stopped by the wind the rest of this day and whole of Note next.—Set fire to the reeds which made a blazing fire...

Left Grand Marais tho’ it still blew and reached le à la Biche Gth, Satur : where we waited our boats, then proceeded to Pointe au Sable — Next morning, earlv, arrived at Bas de la Rivière House where we found Messrs. McLellan and Latour, arrived from it winter quarters,

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