We found plenty of fine ducks, two bee trees, and caught some cat-fish with a hook and line we got at the mill.

We also caught some otter, and, on a little branch of the river killed two bears, the skin of one of them weighing five pounds.

We met a keel boat being poled up the river, and with the last cent of money we possessed bought a little flour of them.
About the first of May we reached Prairie du Chien.

Here we were met with some surprise, for Mr.Brisbois said he had heard we were killed or lost.

He showed us through his warehouses and pointed out to us the many bales of different kinds of furs he had on hand.