March 23rd.--Snowing heavy, and rime on our to boggans makes heavy
travelling. Some places the river bad to travel, on account of
rapids where it isn't froze. We have some times just a narrow
bridge of ice to go on, as no other way we could go, for the rough
steep mountains on each side.
March 24th.--Drifting and snowing very hard. Only travelled part
of the day. Got to Allan Goudy's house.
March 25th.--Snowing heavy. Got to Cape Corbeau. All very tired.
March 26th.--Stormy to-day and snowing very hard, and our toboggans
so heavy we could not get on at all, and had to leave our loads and
walk empty to the post. Late when we got here at Mr. Blake's house
at the rapids, 3 miles from the post. Will get dog team in the
morning and go back for our loads.
March 28th.--Duncan M'Lean and I took dog team up Grand Lake this
morning and got here again this evening with Mr. Hubbard's body and
the things we left behind in the fall. We dressed him the best we
could and laid him in the coffin the men at Kenemish had made for
him, till we are ready to start on around the coast.
When I was up in the bush, Mr. Wallace has a letter from Dr.
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