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"July 15^th. I gave a note of some clothes I wanted which … promised to supply … July 16^th. Excessive warm … prison. Mess. Shaw and MacTavish, a proof they do not intend to send them … we can get no wood or water without much difficulty and when we do get it, we are indebted for it to the humanity of one Mackenzie. July 17^th. Extreme sultry … July … We find the time tedious … my country will … in defiance of all law and treated as the vilest of criminals. July 20^th. We are kept in complete ignorance of our destination. July 21^t. We are really miserable. 22^d Our provisions not eatable, and we are suffocated with heat and can scarce get water to drink. July 23^d. We are suffocated with heat and stench, our small house being full of maggots. July 24^th. M^r Campbell" and (a Hudson's Bay clerk from Athabasca) "and … arrived … of our destination. God help us under such tyranny. July 25^th. The weather excessive hot. 26^th the same. 27^th d^o. 28^th d^o. We can get no water to drink: liquors of all kinds we are forbid. 29^th. The Governor arrived. We are impatient to see what … after such a long captivity as we have endured …["]

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