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Show 70 JOUR:l'AL. a·1~~ the sno'.''" m< ltcd t h St. II0rscs wet·c sent for the Ll tPC n .. ·n, an1 he w a~ !Jroug: ht to the fo rl his feet y · t ~ nr;t so k~d u; .., , c h ~d e:q)I.2C tecl . Un tl.l! !'ttL. ir b~canH.: cold ; t he \\ incl bl ew hard f. <)'~I .._., north, a~11l it Lc~;an to fre ez e. J. r ·tf,n; JS.h. Cle ,'\1' coid \\ catb c r. T vm of O\W hunt... rs 1 dl;m ccl, i:.lld I ad J.,i! ln l four deer, four '' olns :· ~· l a (H'<~t'ow . T wo men l d onging· to t~1 c 1\. \V. ( ompany , who c;tay at the .c ro~sn~ntt.. r~ \'ilbgc, camt to the fcJ rt. 'f'r ey say t LI:i umnud \d ch t he l renc..h <..t:l i.l prarow, or brarow, is a species or t .c h:· d g er. :a,un'c:·; \ CJ' /1. T "l'i:l me11 \rerc sent \\i th ho!'3L a for r~1:.·: t, to t:;~ h ucte r~' (.:.,• m p, w hi~ h is thirty m ik~ c:cY:n th~ 1 i,· :r. ,t:d, "!c.~~ '20th . I we lit up with one oft be men to t h~ , i ;::q;c~ . TIH.'i ' trc:lt~cl us ft i~ndh <tnd g un~ ns Yictu ..tls. A l't .. .'r ' c w ..! l' ~ done c. tin ;~ they' p re sen ted a bo;rl ful to :1l;~::1• • a1, oe nI 2:1Ll , s,iy:.n g ' ' ec;t t I wt . " ~"l' lH .:.i t' supu-stitioi.! s credulity is so grc'lt, t hat they believe by · l iSj l ,?; the h e~d well tl~e liring buffaloe will come and tk tt they "ill get a supply ol' meat. 1~Iv1!c.'ay 2 1st. A cl..:~tl' cold rby. Our hunters reti.~ l'i l cd ~0 t::e f\) t't, a!ld Lwuglit \\it h tbcm three hc rst lo.td Lf,·_-!i<;on "nd elk r u·at . T ,·t '"'- ~t::cr on t'·c 22n,J and 23rd. wns warm, and 1 • • • we • O'! ,_ ~!1 CC 1 r'J'\.I!IP' t ~e I c e .rr om ""1 ()ll \. ou r cn~h• , in u:·de1· to~ .. ~~ t'.cu ol.t uf' t'H.: 1i rc.:r. T ht: ~now fell d J'Jt t tl r, e' !ncl1c~ ,\·t p. l >u ··~ ':z;; 2l'i?. /\. Lo'd day. Some of our bunters v;t: ll ('il~~. uut :.;i!lcd noii1:11:1·,") . P,-.'c.'c -'I C:.:.;'/1, f.l: h,tPC~c; \i'Cl'C cnn..._1 o·.,, "·cl ir~ cutt inr~: n" ny the ice, ·wlt~ ·h ,-;c iiLcl ~ t(·clicnt':J businc~~ . ( I I • ' •.-t.~ .. :.1 ! lY '~'- (i~ f ,1l • • p1'c ,"-~ ··t c1I •) ant1, ~··l l th · ~uc:'-> em· 1 ' • - }LO'/~(l l ll t i.lt m:; \\Cvc1, LO I!•V:C ( 1 3:-'CO,}. '\.-! h:.Y~ a bbc!{smith y, !i.~l l'·"' :u:d a ;·u: •. H :s-:t <Jf l;i:\ct~: 1i1 h toob. T he bLv.:.k~:-~i·l, md . ..:s '\ m-. ~:.· s , :i.n<! ot'·er axe.s to ~L;t ' ' ovd ; wl·ic!/, 1 t.: c~.ch.u ~;v.i • jt~l tlH1 natlvts tor L()m, '' hid1 i•,; o[ ~~r~ ai s..;n ice ~o us as ye could not bting much with us. i l On the ~7 t h . a;-J.1 ~ SLh. t h_ W"'nthcr b~cdme m nch m ore ~ ~·t th: !. • .• '1 -~:1d p\.,~a,.:Jt t~nn L. b.tc.l been i'o1· sum · 11mc-. 7J , ") f' J l 1 f) It ·r "~ o f I. , l ' [' ht ,a -'- . . \..,; -~.l !11p~c :1tv.ttcr pL-tn w t' get· t 'l n O' rlll' , •• '1' ,.., [t- ('; . n , t' l . . l .. ;-, v ... L,. · J •' ~ LS..: t ' ~·yet !T•i11 I 1.,; ICC : \\ llCh ~\'"" ~o' i,;,.~ v·;,:_cc in .:.l.t l>t tt·!, \\ilh hot ~tone<;; bu t lf l.tllS ('.'OJ ft '' e Likd, t1s the stones w e fouud \Yonlt! n.JL s• :nd th~.; tire> bnl b ·ol,e to pic:c ·s. 1 ! rrd.z·.'·t~·D.y 30'/i. l w ..: ' · t up t;.~ 1 in: r ::11cl fou n d an Jtbcr I.':1 l •li' /J>1.t.''-.\ ":::cl· ll:o1 .. L' in lh:.! same m .. Lil n '': so 01!1' !Ji. tt.:·'~L~ ~l.IJcl pc1io.;ucs r~m«i!.lcd Lst i11 the ;~:e. 1'11.-t;·.'.: 7'1!1 S l.~'t . Some s·1c\·; fell l.lst J:i<··ht. Fi\·c h . u \l!l ltt·~.., ·.- :~ilt m:t \>1tl1 t\, o hn, ~-Ls. ln th~ mt-~·:Ji 1g t l.e "' mel h; <. '" ,_,n·l '.\d5 co!J, ; r> 'a"ds the ,niclcllc: ot the cLty the '' c:.tt11u· lLc;,..mc G\C (,cr .. tc, (tl1'l tile afternoon \\'dS p h.·<:san t . F riday 1 r.;t . Feb. 1305. A CCJlcl <bv. About II om· hunters carne honw, but h,ul Lii !ed i1othi1tg·. One o ~ the men ut t il(.; fc,rt .\ e:Jt ou: a !:>hOi't di~tancf' , and k1 llcd. ::.. smJ.ll ckc r. On the nc~, t ('~Y he wc11t out ~nd l:Jll•..:d ~l110tl~er c1ccr. fhi3;: 1d tt;~ third wei· co1d. A!~.-n lay ·1 Zh . A ti iC (!<w. ('.~ DL1i11 C1 t r::e and l ~ mol'e \V ·nl do-;;n the 1i•:~r o ~~ui.t. .'/e procc~dctl on 20 1oiics a cl cml!d sec r') r ,,me. . 0 'J.'ue.dla1J 5t.l . \r/~.,.. 1>1'0C<.:C(ie! on to some Itvlbn C2n1ps and tlJc rc w~..· :.;ili'c.d L1 1''..;·~ cLL.r. The nc~~t <.~.ty We went on to r.wl'l.! Ll<Ett'1 cJml,s and Lidc.:d so11H! d-.:<.:T. On t h~ 'fth. WI.! Ul<:.:lmp~~d in:. .. bo~tom on the couth side Ot U1e l:\11 '=",)\~Ii, ~u1cl L!1c next c1Hy tlllllL:d out to hunt. \Vc i:i:l•,;rl 10 ci:" ~.ud I 8 d~.::.:r, ancl rc main..: d t htl'C n11 r.il ·: 1. ( •n lhc 9th. v. ~ bui!t a nul to Si..:Cll l'C our meat f;• r,t. . t~H~ "\vnl•·cs, w'1irh arc , :CJ y numerous l C:fl: ; ·.~nJ w t h~ t··;~pir!; \rent i'ta!'tL''l' d'nYll and cllC'! D ''~.,:c·. ·~:Le ne.d r.l,ldlJ'~· we ~·-tout 0'1 our l'ctu• '' t_)·v,,~· I•> t;c; . ·c) r~; ~l;.cl 1-.ii! ·d ~ < H"~l~ elk ~nd deel' in ou · w, . On t r '· i2th. we arz i-;etl at the b l·t i and foLU•d t k ~,L or::.: vf o•1r int~rp· ~tc r 's wi·. c-& |