The Indians this morning requested us to remove to an encampment on the banks of the river as they were unwilling to remain in the house where the bodies of our deceased companions were lying exposed to view.  We agreed but the day proved too stormy and Dr. Richardson and Hepburn, having dragged the bodies to a short distance and covered them with snow, the objections of the Indians to remain in the house were dissipated, and they began to clear our room of the accumulation of dirt and fragments of pounded bones.  The improved state of our apartment and the large and cheerful fires they kept up produced in us a sensation of comfort to which we had long been strangers.  In the evening they brought in a pile of dried wood which was lying on the riverside and towards which we had often cast a wishful eye, being unable to drag it up the bank.  The Indians set about everything with an activity that amazed us.  Indeed contrasted with our emaciated figures and extreme debility their frames appeared to us gigantic and their strength supernatural.  These kind creatures next turned their attention to our personal appearance and prevailed upon us to shave and wash ourselves.  The beards of the Doctor and Hepburn had been untouched since they left the sea-coast and were become of a hideous length and peculiarly offensive to the Indians.  The Doctor and I suffered extremely from distension and therefore ate sparingly.* Hepburn was getting better and Adam recovered his strength with amazing rapidity.

(Footnote.  The first alvine discharges after we received food were, as Hearne remarks on a similar occasion, attended with excessive pain.  Previous to the arrival of the Indians the urinary secretion was extremely abundant and we were obliged to rise from bed in consequence upwards of ten times in a night.  This was an extreme annoyance in our reduced state.  It may perhaps be attributed to the quantity of the country tea that we drank.)

November 9.

This morning was pleasantly fine.  Crooked-Foot caught four large trout in Winter Lake which were very much prized, especially by the Doctor and myself, who had taken a dislike to meat in consequence of our sufferings from repletion which rendered us almost incapable of moving.  Adam and Hepburn in a good measure escaped this pain.  Though the night was stormy and our apartment freely admitted the wind we felt no inconvenience, the Indians were so very careful in covering us up and in keeping a good fire, and our plentiful cheer gave such power of resisting the cold, that we could scarcely believe otherwise than that the season had become milder.