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PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE. 44
I forgot to mention the only accident that happened
from the attack of the Sioux. This was the loss of an
Indian dog, that received two balls through the head, on
the E. side of the river, just as he was jumping on board
the boat to cross the river with our Indians. One of the
balls, which we found in his head, was of their own make,
from lead procured on the Mississippi. On examining the
tents we found that two of them had been pierced in
several places, about two feet from the ground
;
but as the
Indians were all lying asleep, they received no injury. I
examined our blockhouse and stockade, but could not find
the mark of a ball ; therefore I believe the Sioux aimed at
the tents, and not at the fort.
Aug. 4.th. Men all out for meat. I made up 30 bags of
pemmican. sth. Made up 12 packs of skins and furs.
6th. A canoe arrived from the hills. Took inventories,
and sent men to repair the boat. -jth. Started Langlois and
one man with a cart, along with the Cree, for their skins.*
LADINGS AT PANBIAN RIVER, JUNE 1ST,
1808.'
A Long Boat.—Angus McDonald Charles Larocque
; ;
Pierre Martin ;
Jean Baptiste Lambert—282 bags of pemmican
; I bag of potatoes ;
42 kegs of grease ;
2 kegs of
* There is no break in the MSS. at this point : but Henry now leaves Pembina
forever, and a new departure in his adventures begins, as soon as we have
done with the tabular matters which belong to his Red River operations of
1807-08. These tables are written in another place in my copy (folios 646-
659), but I bring them into their proper connection. They include some meteorological
statistics, which I omit.
* See back, p. 430, this date, when the brigade was dispatched from Pembina.
The inventory is interesting, as showing the composition of the lading,
its distribution in the several boats, etc. The " pieces " are not specified.
The 50 " packs " are of skins and furs ;
" W. W. 2 " is some mark upon them.
The table is also valuable for its list of the men, mostly with full names. Some
of these have been already noted as they came up successively in the course of
the narrative ; for the rest I have the following memoranda, including other
persons of the same surnames :
Charles Larocque, no further record : for other Larocques, see note ^^ p.
52, note ", p. 301.