The letters were intrusted to Mr.John Reed, who quitted Astoria for St.Louis, in company with Mr.
M'Lellan--another discontented partner, who wished to disconnect himself with the association,--and Mr.R.Stuart, who was conveying two canoe-loads of goods for his uncle's post on the _Okenakan_.

Messrs.
Farnham and M'Gillis set out at the same time, with a guide, and were instructed to proceed to the _cache_,[M] where the overland travellers had hidden their goods, near old Fort Henry, on the Mad river.

I profited by this opportunity to write to my family in Canada.

Two days after, Messrs.

M'Kenzie and Matthews set out, with five or six men, as hunters, to make an excursion up the Willamet river.
[Footnote M: These _caches_ are famous in all the narratives of overland travel, whether for trade or discovery.