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REMINISCENCES Ii
Cree, and I shall send you another man. My compliments to
Mr. McGillivray.
" To Mr. Roderic McKenzie,
" Lac des Serpents.
"Your sincere friend and well wisher,
" A. MACKENZIE".
Having been directed by Mr. McKenzie to remain with the Fort Lac au
. Serpent.
Indlans of Lac des Serpents (l), on my arrival there, I fixed on a
place for the winter, at their advice. I thought it however advisable
to take my time and look about me before I should commence
building. In Lhe interval, M. McGillivray appeared well
determined for opposition. His order, he said, "yere to place
himself along side of me, but he observed that he did not
approve of the situation I had selected, and that he was informed
of a much better one not far distant, and suggested it would be
for Ollr mutual good if I would accompany him to this place,
which I, without hesitation, agreed LO, and, in a few hours, we
reached OUl' proposed destination, in the vicinity of a small river
which promised a plentiful fishery.
Here we pitched our tents within a gun shot of one another.
Next day, all hands were set to work, and, in a short Lime, comfortable
lodgings for the winter were completed.
Though the trade was the cause of occasional irritation in the
course of the winter, my neighbour and I always kept on speaking
terms and maintained a good understanding, and I had the
good fortune to secure, as the year before, what were called,
excellent returns.
In the Spring, after the trade was over, my neighbour and I,
after comparing notes, agreed to travel in company to our
respective head-q-u