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October 1793 & Nov^r

Thursday Thursday 24^th[.] There fell Six Inches snow last night[.] Drew up the Boats to pass the winter[.] The River frozen over[.] [A] Single Lodge of Assinibouans came in to Trade[.]

Friday 25^th[.] Traded upwards of 70 Skins with the last Assinibⁿ[.] [A] cold winter day[.]

Saturday 26^th[.] [N]ot so cold[.] Good Skating, of which I avail Mysel[f.]

Sunday 27^th[.] [A] fine calm day[.] [A]ll the men Drunk[.] 28 & 29^th no[…]

Wednesday 30^th[.] I cut a flag staff which we hauld home in the evening La Grue's Father in law came to the Fort[.]

Thursday 31^st[.] The last mention'd Savage went off with his errand[.] Two of M^r N. M^cKays men came from the Forks supposing this to be all saints day[.] Raised our flag staff 50 feet above ground of Poplar[.]

Friday Nov^r 1^st[.] All saints day[.] Two Lodges Assinibouans came to trade[.]

Saturday 2^nd[.] The Two Lodges went off – and Le Pensionnaire came in[.]

Sunday 3^rd[.] Jo^s Tranquille came from M^r Grants Fort & bro^t me a lette[r.]

Monday 4^th[.] Pack'd up some Goods for M^r Grants into Loads[.] I likewise sent Peltier with a small Horse load to the Forks & wrote to M^cKay to oeconomise tho I have no particular charge over him[.]

Tuesday 5^th[.] Peltier came back from McKay's[.]

Wednesday 6^th[.] Five men, 5 Loaded Horses & five Dog Trains Started with Goods for M^r Grant's R. Tremblante[.] Peltier, Old Robert Taylor, (free man from the Missouri found dead in 1801 in y^e lake of Isle a la Crosse) & Touss^t Charbonneau, Gervais and Bellair Started for the Pine Fort[.] M^r Grant is so ill off fo[r] writing that he hired this Robert Taylor for $60 Dollars for the winter to write for Augé whom we left at R La Sauris along side of M^r Ronald Cameron & where we have since learnt M^r D^d M^cKay with his HB Boats & Canoes has set himself also[.]

Thursday 7^th[.] Two Lodges of Assinibouans came in, having sent for Tobacco this morning[.] One of them made a present of 40 p^s Dried meat & t'other one of 24 p^s[.] Gave the former 6 & the latter 3 Gall^s[.]

Friday 8^th[.] They traded & went off[.] Le Gros Français with another Assinibⁿ arriv'd at noon [he] Brought La Brûhe's (writ)[.] They made presents for two half kegs[.]

Saturday 9^th[.] The Indians went away about the middle of last night[.] 10^th[.] [N]othing happen'd[.]

Monday 11^th[.] L'homme a la poudre came for Tobacco[.] We had people from McKays for Goods which were sent[.] An Assinibouan came in after mid night with a pack of wolves say 20 of which he made a present, gave him in return 2 kegs of 3 Gall^s each[.] He slept but one night on his way here & came from a Buffalo pound or parce an inclosure to drive in whole herds of Buffalo at once[.]

Tuesday 12^th[.] The Assinibouan went off in the morning[.]

Wednesday 13^th[.] I tied up a Bale wolves cont^g 70, ½ a Bale Bar cont^g 38 & ½ Bale peltries[.]

Thursday 14^th[.] [A] Soft thawing day[.]

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