Friday June 26. Put in the day as best we could doing a little collecting and buying ourselves with our outfit. Had a talk with Mr C.P. Gaudet who is in charge of Fort Good Hope where he has been for many years. He told me many reminiscences of Kennicott, with whom he spend a winter, at Peel River. He says that on one occasion, happening to pass by some of Kennicott's dug falls, he found several spring and creek. On mentioning the occurrence to K. on his return to the house, Kennicott exclaimed "Now I shall have to go and spring and seek them for I promised the Company that I would accept no help about trapping from any of the N.T.B. Officers, but would take only specimens caught entirely by myself." As he came not till which traps had been set. He had to spring the entire line and seek them. On another occa- sion, when sick he visited his traps and found a silver Fox, wherupon he declared he was entirely free. Mr Gaudet says that he raises good crops of potatoes, lettuce, & turnips, harvesting last fall nearly 100 Bushels of toatoes. The Bear Lake during is taken in the Muskeg as far as Good Hope and Wrigley bids north & south of the mouth of Bear River. June 27. Alfred & Cary left in the early morning for Fort Providence on the Mina- Steamer and I was left alone. As the Steamer failed to bring our outfit from Smith, I had to send the boys all the collecting material we had on hand and take mine from the stuff yet to come. July 17. The Wrigley failed to bring my stuff and on her arrival I sent for Jenkins to Fort Smith to get it. Having nothing to work with and one day being much like another I have not the heart to keep up my journal.