As we passed on, it seemed those scenes of visionary enchantment would never have an end.

The musquetos continue to infest us in such manner that we can scarcely exist. My dog even howls with the torture he experiences.

I am no coward; but I am so strong, so hard to die.

As I have always held it a crime to anticipate evils, I will believe it a good comfortable road until I am compelled to believe differently.

Captain Clarke who had gone out yesterday with eighteen men to bring in the meat we had killed the day before, and to continue the hunt, came in at twelve o'clock.

A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort.

The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.