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Show JOURNAL. to hunt the butr,tloc ; and killed nine an c1 a d(<: ··. One man o·ot his hand frozen, anot!: <: r Ilis iot;t; and some mor: got a little touched. T\ro men cnc..t.n' p.::d ()Ht to tetke car~ of the me~t. Sunday 9th. Captain Lewjs and twelve n1ore of ns, went down to the bottom '"here the tv~· o men were taking care of tl:e meat. Y\'e foun:I s~me b~lif,dot had come into the woods, and \ve !...1!1 'Cl t l.!n of tJ.._)u :mel a deer. Having dressed them we loaded four l10rses with meat ancl sent tbem with some r)[ the party to the fort: Captain LeY.·ics end tl~c n:s~ ~1f us encamped out, ancl had to1erab1e Jodg-m~· wlln the assistance of tbe hides of the 1mff::lloc we had :~i'lcd. frlonday I Oth. .l\ ftcr bre:1k L1sting on m arro\.T bones, Captain LeYvis ar:d four of us set out for th~ fort. Four lnmters and another nnn to keep camp remained out. On our return we met one of ou t· men, who said that a party had gone do" n v.ith the horses for more meat. This day was ,·ery cold : ·an e:xperiRlent was made with proof spirits, which in fifteen minut es froze into bard ice. In the cveiJill?; two of onr Luntcrs came in ,~.i~h the horses, but Lad ~~illt.d notl ling. Fin! encamr,crl out. Tuseday 11 til. Capt' in Le'' is and C~ptnin \Jarkc thinkint; lhe we<.tther too cold to lamt, sent men down to the camp to bl'ing up the rcmn1nclcr of the m ::at, and orders for the hnnters to rdu t'n. The lH!ntcrs came in at dark. Tbey h ud kilkd four lmff~Joe, and had dressed two of them. The cold was; so sercre they could do nothing with tbe ot;H:I' two. TVcdne-Yday 12th. \Ve nll remain e~l at tht 2,Ll'J ison, the weuther being inten sely cold. \Ye made th ree sm?.ll sleds to haul in the meat with. TllUrsday 13tll. The weather this dny, began 1o be more mockrate. Two hunters went ont and kilJ.:.·d two buJfaloe. One came in, and he and some of th~ men went out and brought in the meat. Jlrida7J 14th. 'fhis day was 1nore moderate, and ' J ,., JOURNAL. fjr·ht snow showers fell. Captain Cla1·ke nnd fouete~ n men went out to hunt ; and took the three sleds with them. In the evening five of them returned. Captain Clarke and the other 9 enca1nped ot~t, and killC'd t\VO deer. The snow fell about three 1nches deep. Saturday 15th. A cloudy day. Some of the natives paid us a visit, and brought presents of meat to the commanding officers. About 1 o'clock Captain Clarke and his party returned, but had killed nothing· more. The buffaloe were gone from the riYer. Some slight !howcrs of snow fdl during the day. Sunday 16th. A clear cold day ; I went up with !Orne of the tncn to the 1st and 2nd villag-e of the Mandano;;, and we were treated with n1uch kindness. Three of the traders from theN. ,V. Company came tt.> om· fort, and brought a letter to our commanding oHlccrs. T'bey remained with us all night. Thtt object of the visits we. received ft:om the~· ~r~. Com .. pany, was to asce1:ta~n our m?Uves. for v1s1tmg that c<;untry, anct to gam wfermatwn with respect to the £hange of government.* • The NoL'lfl \Vest Comrany was f\rst formed in tnc winter of 1783-4., by the merc.hnnts of C~nada. engaged in 1he fur tntde unitinr- their interests. T'he concern was d ivided into six't een shaDr es, without any ca.p•l tal be 1• ng c1 e po-sited; each pa1'ty furni shing- l1is rwop01·tion of the :tJ·ticles ncces ·ary fo1· carTying' on the trade. After a ~evere strug-g!e and rival competition with othe~·s <>ng~ged m the trade, m the yea1· 1787 more partners were adnutted, the shares ex. ttn(lcd to twenty and the establishment, which was no more than an association of commercial men agreeing among t hemselves to cal'l'y on the fur trade, f(mnded on a more ! olid ba.,is. This and HU<lson's Bay Company, have engrossed an~ earry on almost the whole of the fur t1·n.ue in that ex <>nsive countrr, situated between Hudson's Bay, the Rocky mountrtins, and. tbat hig·h tract of country, \rest of lake Superior, which :;eperatcs the so~tthcrn from the nortil~1~ F 2 |