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Fur Brigade to the Bonaventura - John Work's California Expedition of 1832-33 (Part 2)(December 1943) (28 pages)
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Fur Brigade to the Bonaventura 325
and may be properly said to be thatched. They got some pieces of meat and
other trifles among the people.
Wednesday 12 Stormy with rain in the night & all day. The water
rising fast. Did not raise camp. Our horses feed well here & there are plenty
of elk, cabrie & some bears for the people to subsist on.
Thursday 13 A storm of wind with excessive heavy rain in the
night, showery during the day. The water rose greatly in the night. On our
arrival here there was only a small pond now the whole low place is in a
lake. About the half of our horses were found on a small point surrounded
by water in the morning and were with difficulty got out, one was drowned.
Some of the men who had traps set cannot approach them these two days.
The men who were off in search of Toupin returned.
Friday 14 Rain in the night, foggy showery weather during the
day. The water continued rising and continues overflowing the lower part
of the plains. Did not raise camp. All hands out hunting, 9g elk and 5 grizzle
bears killed, elk are very numerous about the hill.
Saturday 15 Foggy, fair weather. The water still rising it approached
to very near our lodges in the night. Raised camp and proceeded 7 miles
E. across the N.E. end of the Bute** & encamped at a fountain where there is
good feeding for the horses. The men whom I sent off on the 8th inst with
the letter to M. Laframboise returned accompanied by two others. They
found Michel nearly the same place where they left him, it seems he has altered his plan of ascending the river & means to return below here _he is
afraid of not being able to leave for the want of animals this way. They have
got themselves lately into some trouble with the Indians who are stealing
their horses notwithstanding they keep up the guard.
Sunday 16 Thick fog all day. Did not raise camp. The hunters out
2 beaver, 3 elk & 2 Deer killed.
Monday 17 Still thick foggy weather. The hunters out but with
little success, only 1 Elk & 3 deer killed. The fog is so dense that the animals
start before they are seen.
Tuesday 18 Foggy weather. Did not raise camp. The hunters out —
1 Bear, 1 Elk & 1 Deer killed. The men visited their traps which have been
some days under water & could not be got at, 8 beaver taken & 3 traps lost.
Sent off three of the men from the camp below with a letter to M. Laframboise.®® One of the men Boileau remains here sick. I intended to send these
men on with the letters to Vancouver immediately but was detained from
doing so on account of this man being sick and it only he that knows the
road.
Wednesday 19 Still foggy. A shower of rain in the evening. The
hunters out, 10 elk & a deer killed—2 beaver taken. Some of the men went to
set traps in the little forks behind & found the Indians disposed to be troublesome.
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