[of]ten in hopes to be able to draw water was at last told by his Surly Doctor – Par dieu! T’es un sacré queue d’homme qui est incommode – il te faudra une Chaudiere attaché a la Queue. La Jambe, Grand Picoté, and another young Man arrived from the Carribou Country – paid 70 skins Credits out of 79^s traded 2 Carriboux Robes, 5 skins peltries, 1 Carriboux Capot, 1 green Orignal skin & a great many Marble Callumets for 1 skin the lowest & 2 the Highest[.] They saw no more Montagners[.] Gave La Jambe 4 M. Mixt Rum – & gave them all as many Credits as they paid[.]

Sunday 15^th[.] Gave La Jambe a fathom Tob^c to be given to any Indians whom he may Chance to see & are averse to the Fort[.] Gave each of them the usual triffles for nothing[.] They promised to behave well & to come again in the Spring. They went away[.] La Bri very sick[.]

Monday 16^th[.] About 12 o’Clock last night P. LaBri was free from his Agonies in this by taking a Trip into the other world[.] Lambert set off to inform his Brothers of his Exit[.] Dusablon made him a Coffin[.] This old fellow was asleep at the time he expired a sure sign of the little attention he paid to his patients whom he undertook to cure[.] Lattenville arrived to Cut his wood[.]

Tuesday 17^th[.] Before Daylight this morning Felix Labri, Parranteau, Mandeville, & Lambert arrived – about 12 o’Clock Jos. Labri arrived[.] Felix bawled & yowld at a hideous rate – his eyes which are naturally red & seem as if they were turned inside out were much more so on this occasion through excess of rubbing them to make them shed Tears involuntarily –pourtant (said he to Lambert) J’avois fait toute sortes de dureté a mon pauvre defunt frere Pierreau l’automne passé pour tache de le faire resté avec moi[.] Perhaps he took his pauvre defunt frere Pierreau for a Dog which the more he is ill treated the more he attaches himself to the person who ill treats him[.] Joseph behaved with more decency than his Brother – his sorrow seemed to flow more from his Heart than from his Mouth & eyes[.] As soon the first effusion of their feigned grief was over they began to divide the deceased’s Money between them in the same house where the Corps were[.] To tell the truth about them they are at best but unfeeling, not to call them savage beings – of this I can give a further Instance[.] The first & only time they came to see him after his misfortune he told them at their Departure & when he suffered intolerable pains – Adieu! Felix – Adieu Joseph. Je vous revoirais pu[.] Yet they left him among Strangers unprovided with a house & to die as he lived, Miserably – & during 10 Ten Days he lay ill they did not come once to enquire how he did or whether he was dead or alive except Jos. came once with fish and that once he refused to remain a Day so as to plaister a house for his reception[.] Since they showed no more Sympathy for a person born of the same parents & reared in the same family with themselves what can we who have been raised in distant countries & not in the least related to them expect from such a set of ungrateful, unfeeling Men were any of us to have the Misfortune of falling sick among them[.] In my opinion it would be more safe to fall sick among Montagners another barbarous, Cowardly set of beings – for they would take care of us through fear of our retalions revenge if they did [no]t – but these frenchmen are neither afraid of God or Man except from [sup]erstition or when bravely attacked[.] Three Men were all

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