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fifty men to revenge his death[.] But having not found the Blackfeet Indians who were the agressors, or rather having found them too numerous the party wisely retraced their steps without making an attempt[.] But on their return having found some Canadians they killed four of them – and raised their scalps which were disposed of in the course of their traffic to the Rocky Mountain Indians[.]

About Christmas the Buffaloes drew near the villages, and we lived on the fat of the land[.] Hunting and eating became the order of the day[.] Large parties who went daily in pursuit of the Buffaloes, often killed whole herds – but returned only with the tongues. The wolves feasted upon the Carcasses – and the wolves thereby becoming too heavy to make their escape were easily overcome by the hunters of the ensuing day[.]

The Indians in this quarter seldom use Guns for Buffaloes, wolves &^c, for these they make use of Arrows[.] Beavers are plentiful but the Indians will not take the trouble of attending to them[.] They often remarked to me that they would think it a plasure to supply us with beavers if they could be secured the same as Buffaloes by a

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