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(p. 261-162)
"On the 18th Vaillant, the woodman, had the misfortune to break
his axe. This would have been a serious evil had it occurred a few
weeks sooner, but we had just received some others from Slave Lake.
On the 27th Mr. Wentzel and St. Germain arrived with the two Esquimaux, Tattannœuck and Hœootœrock, (the belly and the ear.) The English names, which were bestowed upon them at Fort Churchill, are Augustus and Junius. The former speaks English." |
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