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Fireplace, a small cooking stone
with sheet iron sides and cast iron
top. A "nugget". This was connected
with the chimney by stovepipe. When
this was fired it added considerably
to heat the place, the fireplace from
sending a good share of its heat up
the chimney. In honour of our arrival
candles burned at each end of the
room on a small shelf. The occupants
of this house were Scendge-tah an oldish man
slightly gray and his wife — who occupied
the corner both right of the fireplace. A married
bridegroom — with her husband Sahtay occupied
the space of the other side of the fireplace.
A young man Danguis no relation to the family,
and a young woman the house occupied the
bed at the left hand of this door. This was
cleared of its bedclothes and placed at
our service. The former occupants making
their beds on the floor beside it. The
remaining bed was the resting place of
Charlotte, a widow of the grass variety about
about 20 or 22. These two daughters went
among the best looking girls of the region
and had Greensboro taken an active
part in the New Year Dance at the fort.
Jan 15: I had started from the fort
down on consequence of having run about
17 miles upon a hard track a few days
previously and my trunk 23 miles
yesterday did not improve it so that I
did not feel like going down to the
cache this morning. I therefore engaged one of the Duncans, Danguis to go
with his Fran of dog and bring back
a part of the stuff. Mr. Cannell and
the Duncans left about 7.30 and I
remained at the house. Shortly after Mr. Cannell left. The old Duncan went off to five
lynx across stirring before noon with
their lynxes. Zero ran frog but the
other a small one was yet warm and
this one was stunned two after dinner.
The old man's son in law also spent the
forenoon going to his rabbit snare ring
with a load of rabbits. I was invited
to partake of roasted rabbit several times
during the day and found it good
much better than the same animal
fried. The grass widow's and the
younger brother played checkers
for some time. I would gladly have
played to pass the time but can