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198 ARRIVAL OF THE LITTLE DEVIL.
obliged them to do the work of the fort, hauling fuel, lumber
for building, etc. Augustin Cadotte moved to Tekogonaibick.
The Indians have daily alarms and would persuade
me of danger ; but I am no longer a stranger, and not
easily imposed upon.
RETURNS OF LOWER RED RIVER DEPARTMENT,
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Beavers, weighing 1,805 lbs
Black bears
Brown bears
Wolves
Foxes
Raccoons
Fishers
Otters
Martens
Minks ,
Wolverenes
Loup-cerviers
Dressed moose and biches
Shaved and parchment biches
Muskrats
Buffalo robes
410
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30
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29
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200
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1,369
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256
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185
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270
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Packs of 90 lbs. each » . .
24
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Bags of pemmican, of 90 lbs.
Kegs of beef
Kegs of grease
Kegs of sugar
each
50
33
16
90
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Gain, Halifax currency, ;^i,i7i 15s. 7d.
May 2yth. Little Devil, an Assiniboine chief, with five
others, arrived from Buffalo Head on horseback, bringing
a pack of beaver skins and some provisions. H. B. Co.
men preparing their canoes and boat. The Indians, having
finished the grand medicine, are making the wabbano. This
ceremony is performed at all seasons, but more particularly