Volume 1

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WOOD USED FOR THE PARK RIVER POST. 123
fuel— 120 cords of oak will suffice for the four fireplaces,
as we shall leave early in the spring.
Oct. 2jd. Men employed cutting wood. We perceive a
thick smoke to the S. W. at no great distance.
Desmarais
says it is the Sioux, who have killed the Indians that are
gone to the hills, and on their way homeward set fire to the
meadows. This is the custom with both Sioux and Saulteurs
when they are out to war, and a party turns homeward.
Should it be in winter, they seek high reeds or
rubbish, and if there is none to be found, they collect a
great quantity of dry wood and brush and set fire to
the pile. In course of the day I took a memorandum
of our buildings. In my opinion the men have worked
hard.
WOOD USED IN OUR ESTABLISHMENT AT PARK RIVER, AUTUMN OF 180O.
Stockades, 15 ft.
long, oak,
do 8 ft., oak, for rembrits [?],
do 6 ft. for 3d lining to bastion,
do 5 ft. over the two gates,
do 7 to 15 ft., oak, for laths,
do 8 ft. for plank for gates,
do 7 ft. for plank for bastions,
Pegs, lyi ft. for stockades, etc., .
564
564
100
34
34
14
20
770
Total, 2,100
FOR DWELLING-HOUSE.
Oak logs of 10 ft, for the square, 72
do of 18 ft. for the pinions \j)ignons, gables], . . 18
do of 15 ft. for the cloisons [partitions], . . .45
do of 9 ft. for the covering, ..... 230
do contg. 100 ft. for the sableries [sablikres, wall-plates], 6
do
contg. 100 ft. for the covering, .... 6
do of II ft. for the aiguilles [rails?], .... 5
do of 20 ft. for the faites [ridge-poles], 3
Squared posts, 8 ft. for doors and covers, ....
.......
14
Posts, 4 ft. for windows, Ii
Planks, 8 ft. for flooring, 105
Boards, 6 ft. for doors, beds, etc., 115
Total, . 630