I sat up all night and kept on a fire.  I was very uneasy about Wallace and afraid be would not be able to go back to Mr. Hubbard with the flour; but in the morning he was better and we did some patching on our old moccasins.  We had some flour soup.  Last night I did not notice in the dark the colour of our soup, till this morning when we had our breakfast about daylight.  It was just black with the mouldy flour; but we found it very good.  Nothing was too bad for us to eat.  We were feeling good and fresh in the morning and expecting to make good time in travelling.  I took my share of the flour, about two pounds, and gave Mr. Wallace about six or seven pounds, stuck fast on the bag.  He told me to take more, but I would not take any more.  I said, “I will trust in getting some game,” as I would get to the wood country soon.

Before we parted I read the Sixty-seventh Psalm—­

“God be merciful unto us and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us.  “That thy way may be known upon the earth, thy saving health among all nations.  “Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.  “O let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.  “Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

“Then shall the earth yield her increase:  and God even our God shall bless us.  “God shall bless us:  and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.”

Then I read a Thanksgiving Prayer: 

“Almighty God, Father of all Mercies, we Thine unworthy servants do give Thee most humble and hearty thanks for all Thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men.  We bless Thee for our creation and preservation and all the blessings of this life; but above all for Thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace and for the hope of glory.  And we beseech Thee give us that due sense of all Thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful and that we shew forth Thy praise not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to Thy service and by walking before Thee in holiness and righteousness all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  To Whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory world without end.  Amen.”

Then I told him what to do, for him not to leave the river, but to follow the river.  I was afraid he might some time leave the river and wouldn’t be able to find the river again, and lose his way.  And if he gets to Hubbard and Hubbard yet alive, “if he gets little stronger by this flour, should he wish to come on, do the same, follow the river near, all the time; because if I happen to get down safe, and if I am too weak to come up myself when I send up help I shall tell them which side of the river to follow and they will surely meet you.”