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LETTERS 115
-the present gets to hand possess no more than eight, viz: Slave
Lake, Turtle Creek, Fort Chipewean, Fort Vermillon, Hay River,
Dunvegan, St. John's, and Pierre au Calumet in Athabasca River;
being two posts in the Slave Lake, two of Fort Chipewean and
four in the Peace River.
Notwithstanding these gloomy appearances squires are manufactured
yearly with as much speed and confidence as Captains,
Lieutenants and Ensigns were in His Excellency Sir George
Prevost's time when I was, two yeaas ago, in Montreal.
Craving your indulgence for the length of this, I beg leave to
,conclude with humble deference and respect.
Dear Sir,
Your most grateful and obedient servant,
WILD. FERD. WENTZEL.