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Nov^r & Dec^r 1793

Tuesday 26^th[.] Traded with the Assinibouans[.] Gave the Hunter a Gun & Cloathing[.]

Wednesday 27^th[.] The Assinib^s went away[.] La Gaur kill'd a Bull on the brow of the hill just above the Fort, which we did not send for[.] Snowed a little[.]

Thursday 28^th[.] A Beautifull mild day[.] The Hunter kill'd 3 Cows[.]

Friday 29^th[.] Brought home the meat of the 3 Cows[.] [A] mild day[.]

Saturday 30^th S^t Andrews day[.] Hoisted the flag in honor of the Tutelary S^t of Scotland[.] [A] beautiful day[.] Expected Mess^rs Peter Grant and Neil M^cKay to dinner[.] They sent an excuse by Bonneau & the other three men Sent by M^cKay for Goods[.]

Sunday 1^st Dec^r[.] Mess^rs Peter Grant & M^cKay came to see me[.]

Monday 2^nd[.] The Gents from the Forks returnd home[.] Châwin or Chât-huan came from his Lodge this morning in the Fort Dauphin mountain, along with the little Hunter who went to M^cKays at the Forks[.] Lent M^r Peter Grant a Town & Country magazine of '90[.] Poitras' wife Made me nine pairs Shoes[.]

Tuesday 3^rd[.] Poitras kill'd a Cow at the Prairie a la Paille ½ a mile from the Fort which La Grave drew home[.] Last night Chât-huan got 2 fioles to drink & when he went off this morning 30 Rounds Ammunition Gratis with an arms length of Tobacco[.]

Wednesday 4^th[.] [A] Snow Storm began last night which from the NE. which lasted all day[.] The men from the Pine Fort returnd except three youngsters who lost their way[.] They say they have Starved these three days[.]

Thursday 5^th[.] Sent Jaco & young aAzure to look for the men who are lost[.] They came home in the afternoon without any tidings of them[.] Sent La Grave to the Forks with a line for M^cKay regarding the three lost sheep[.]

Friday 6^th[.] Five men from the upper Fort (M^r Grant's) came for Goods & Dubey came with them to go to the Mandans (a nation living en village on the banks of the Missouri) to Trade[.] The three men who went astray coming from the Pine Fort came home having at 1 PAM – having accidentally fallen in with the post at the Forks[.]

Saturday 7^th[.] The Hunter kill'd a young Bull[.]

Sunday 8^th[.] The upper Fort men went off with their errand[.] Equipt nine men for the Missouri with Equipments on their own accounts, chiefly ammunition, amounting in the whole to 272 Skins[.]

Monday 9^th[.] Two young Assinibouans came for Tobacco one from the Michinaway du Chien fou, and another Assinibouan in company with him[.]

Tuesday 10^th[.] The Nine Men Equipt for the Missouri Started viz^t Raphaël Faignan, Antoine Bourier dit Lavigne, Joseph Dubé, JB^te Lafrance, Joseph Tranquille, JB^te Bertrand, Chrisostome Joncquard, Louis Houle, & Francois La Grave[.] Michinaway du Chien fou & associate came in, two Lodges[.] The former made a present of 30 p^s Dried Meat & 10 Skins, for which he got 9 Gall^s to take away with him; He made a small present of 5 p^s dried meat & 10 fresh tongues to Drink here for which he got 8 fioles[.] Gave the Hunter 6 fioles to Drink with them[.]

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