continuing our furring trip 1931

We packed up our food that night for the trip for the trip home. which was one and a half cups of flour enough tea for about six boil ups no doubt some times we would have to boil leftover tea leaves. we arose early the next morning I cant remember the day but it was sometime mid week. it was adark cloudy morning. little did I know my dry meat horse head would come back to haunt me. we packed our bundles when it was light enough we went outside the wigwam. as we stood by the door we copild feel small fine mist of rain on our faces. pop not a man for impatence. but he must have wanted to get started because he looked me straight in the eye sand said. if we dont get away today it will be your fault. he meant it was because I cut the horse's head out of dry meat I felt awful. we went back in the wigwam for about half an hour it seemed like the clouds were breaking away. pop made up his mind right away and we leave now.It took us nearly two hours to reach the canoe pop made a small fire got some spruce gum and brimmed the canoe [red hot a flat file and melt spruce gum on the leaks] this only took a few minutes and we were on our way. as we paddled east in sitdown way up on a mountain was some rocks formed like a man sitting down. it was then he told me that was the reason they named it Indian sit doown pond. the reason they said Indian sit down pond was because no white man has ever set foot on this land before. not until many years after when the got helicopters and snow mobiles.then they took over.paddling east was the only way you could see the real form of a man on the mountain. he also told me uncle lawrence his brother shot a caribou up on that same mountin from the canoe in the pond. it must be close to a thousand yards.we went on partaged down to pipestone shot the rapids when we could portaged over goon-dow-negwan. [rock portage] we camped on shoal pond that night it was not a bad day after all. our lunches were small just enough to keep the hunger pains away. for supped we would put bear scrunchens in a pand add water and a bit of flour for thickening this and a cup of unsweeten tea was supper.that night it was bitterly cold it was in october I believe our first frost. pop kept fire going all night I dont think he got any sleep because there was not a dry stick anywhere near where camped and uncle charley would not move to help with the fire. we got through the night and left the next morning again when it got light enough. we shot the rapids when ever possible paddled down the ponds[lakes] we was making good time that evening as we shot out in souli-anns pond a flock of partridges took off from the barren ground on our left. pop said darn it we could do with a couple of these. bou he said I believe theres one left sitting on the barrens. pop went ashore I followed with the shell bag sure enough there was a partridge looking at us pop fired the bird too flight I said you missed he did not like this too well. he kept looking to where the bird went walked towards to where he thought it landed sure enough the partridge was flat on the ground. pop shouted I knew I did not miss it. as he wakled over to pick it up the partridge jumped up and scurried away pop backed up and called out give me another shell I did pop shot again this time he finished it off I ran to pick it up. pop said I et it's full of shot this time. there was only one pellet in it when I told him that he said what? he could not believe it. pop said the first time I fired I was trying to just knick it so as not to damage our supper but almost missed it clean. we were happy there would be a little meat with our soup this evening. so for supper we had the partridge with bear scruncheons and thickening a luxurous meal.we camped on souli-anns portage that night here again was a big camping ground our people had been camping here for hundreds of years. the next morning we left very early we had to hurry to get across lond pond[jeddore's lake] before wind came up other wise we would be stuck for another day here. we had to be very careful with this lake it was four miles wide we never did want to get caught in wind whils crossing this lake. it was only a short run from where we camped to the pond. the water was calm we put a rush on and crossed before the wind came. from now on we would have it alright.It was around eleven in the morning when we reached long pond landing a tradetional landing. where all the canoes were put up for the winter.this was our third day. we put up our canoe had lunch and left for salt water we reached salt water by five o'clock in the evening. pop said we hane a qiuck lunch and start roeing our dory for home it would take over three hours roeing before we reach home we woould be pretty hungery by the. next we reach home we would hear about some hardship taking place after we left unknown to us.