They said they would come along with me and help me in what I had
to do, as it is something that has to be done. And besides getting
time for the mild, and the rivers burst, and the water runs on top
of the ice, and afraid that we could do no travelling in Susan
Brook, and the mountains so rough and steep we could not haul
toboggans over them, and have to travel on the river. So we got
started in the morning from Northwest River on our way up.
March 8th. - Tom Blake and Duncan M'Lean and I started this morning
to bring Mr. Hubbard's body out to Northwest River. We have two
toboggans and one catmeran. Taking little stove, and tent and
enough provisions. Each has a good load, and the new snow makes
heavy going. Got dogs at Tom Blake's. Douglas Blake going up the
lake with us. We came 18 miles to-day.
March 9th. - Still snowing heavy and stormy. So we had to lay up
to-day, being too rough to travel on the lake, and the snow deep.
March 10th. - Still snowing. Tom Blake got discouraged, as he
thinks it will be too hard to do any travelling in the bush, as it
is heavy going even on the lake.
