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1 88 PEMBINA RIVER POST FINISHED.
canoe and five men. I met also one of my canoes that had
made a second trip from Bas de la Riviere to Lac la Pluie
[mouth of the Winnipeg to Rainy lake], Augustin Cadotte/
guide. 2ist. Mr. J. Crebassa* arrived with two canoes
and ten men for the X. Y.; they build also below me
none of them dare build above me for fear of the Sioux.
2^th. Sent J. B. Desmarais and five men in a canoe with
15 pieces to build at Riviere aux Gratias. 2yth. Hard
frost last night ; melons and cucumbers frozen, joth.
Hunting on horseback with Ven. St. Germain;' buffalo
very numerous at Grand Marais ; I killed three cows, one
extraordinarily fat, with nearly three inches of d^pouilles.
Oct. 1st. My fort and buildings finished. Sent men to
make hay on the E. side of Red river, jd. Went hunting
with St. Germain ; killed one cow and a calf. 6th. A
* Augustin Cadotte is listed as clerk and interpreter, N. W. Co., 1804, Lower
Red r.; he was under Henry at Salt r. on Red r. to oppose the X. Y. Co.
there, winter of 1804-05 : see beyond. Augustin Cadot appears as a witness in
Semple case at Toronto, Oct., 1818, when he is said to have been 38 years in
the Red River region, etc.
* John Crebassa appears as clerk, N. W. Co., Lower Red r., 1804, after
the coalition. A Mr. Crebassa was in charge of Fort au Bas de la Riviere,
July, 18 14.
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St. Germain is a surname of various persons in the fur-trade.—One St. Germain
was contre-maitre (foreman) under Umfreville, about 1782.—One St.
Germain arrived at Athabasca post Oct. loth, 1788.—One St. Germain was at
Lac la Pluie, 1789-90.—One St. Germain of the N. W. Co. was on the Assiniboine,
1799-1800—very likely the one of our text.—One St. Germain was
voyageur on Franklin's first Exped., 1821.— Baptiste or Jean Baptiste St.
Germain of the N. W. Co, was at Michipicoten in 1799; wages 1,200 livres.
—Hy. St. Germain had a house on Lake Superior, two days from Grand Portage,
in 1798 : so Thompson, and the St. Germain met by him on the new Kaministiquia
route, Aug. ist, 1804, may have been this one. " Hy." stands for
Hyacinthe or Hippolyte. — Joseph St. Germain, of Isle Jesus, near Montreal,
was the father of Ven. St. Germain of the text.— Joseph St. Germain, clerk and
interpreter, N. W. Co., Lower Red r., was sent by Henry to summer at
Portage la Prairie, May 25th, 1804.—Venant (or Vincent) St. Germain, son of
Jos. St. Germain, was apprenticed clerk N. W. Co. 1804, was sent by A. Henry
to summer at Portage la Prairie, visited Pembina July, 1804, and was there
killed by Joseph Rainville.— Lemaire St. Germain of N. W. Co. was at Michipicoten
in 1799 ; wages same as Baptiste's.