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WABANO—READINESS TO DEPART. 199
in the fall and spring, when they assemble in
large parties.
It is not so solemn as the grand medicine, nor does it
require such ceremonious initiation. People of all ages
and both sexes may partake in the outward show of singing
and dancing, but not all of them are acquainted with such
mysteries as the different medicines, songs, and conjuration
tricks.
ABSTRACT OF NORTHWEST RETURNS OF l802 FOR OUTFIT OF 180I.
ATHABASCA.'
SLAVE LAKH.*
MACKENZIE RIVER.*
Lac la Biche
Upper English river ,
Rat river
Upper Fort des Prairies. .
Lovv'er Fort des Prairies . .
Swan river ,
Lake Winipic
Upper Red river
Lower Red river
Lac la Pluie
Nepigon
Pic and L. river
Fond du Lac
M. & M. Cadottes
Michepicotton
Batchewoinan bay
Grand Portage
Red lake, Fond du Lac ....
Fran9ois Roy, L'Anse
Joseph Reaume, Folleavoine
Lac des Mille Lacs
£
708
4,581
1,333
643
846
2,045
156
1,271
3,314
1,243
1,334
737
258
414
179
334
411
466
s.
16
14
6
19
II
17
16
4
10
17
2
10
I
12
3
4
3
17
d.
7
oX
10
9
7
5
6
6
8
10
2}4
31
1,902
10
K
84
148
28
193
22
119
138
143
103
56
147
34
lOI
71
21
II
18
15
II
28
25
B.
C. &D.
E.
G. &H.
F. &L
K.
L.
N.
O.
P.
Q.
R.
S.
T.
U.
V.
w.
R. A.
20,300 II
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1.945
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* Not given. t Inland packs of 90 lbs.
May 28th. Everything is ready for embarkation — packs
and pemmican made, canoes repaired, and people settled for
the summer. We pass our time chasing buffalo, for which
we have many good horses, and take plenty of sturgeon.
An Indian made medicine to ask his Manitou whether a
certain sick person would recover.
after dark, and sang for
He started his juggling
a long time, keeping chorus with a