and three hundred yards to the East of the N.W. Fort beyond the pork eaters camp is the spot Merss^rs David and Peter Grant have selected to build upon, as yet they have done nothing to it but marking out the four corners of the ground they mean to occupy, with posts stuck in the ground[.] They are now off for the interior without leaving any vestage of their leaveing any vestige of their having been here but the four posts above mentioned. It is called Sixty leagues from here to Fond du Lac where the Rivier S^t Louis enters Lake Superior and which is half the Lake, measuring either side from thence to the Sault S^t Mary. Fogs are frequent on this immense Lake which renders the navigation difficult. The New Ship otter has been expected some time now and we are anxiously looking out for her; provisons have turned so scarce that near 1000 men upon the ground in the company's service have been put upon half allowance[.] A full allowance to a voyageur while at this Poste is a Quart of Lyed Indian Corne, or maize, and one ounce of Greece[.] It is reckoned there is only six days allowance remaining in the Stores, and should the vessel protract

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