The former complaints were reiterated and we parted about midnight without any satisfactory answer to my questions as to when Akaitcho would proceed towards the river and where he meant to make provision for our march.

I was somewhat pleased however to find that Humpy and Annoethaiyazzeh censured their brother's conduct and accused him of avarice.
On the 26th the canoes were removed from the places where they had been deposited as we judged that the heat of the atmosphere was now so great as to admit of their being repaired without risk of cracking the bark.

We were rejoiced to find that two of them had suffered little injury from the frost during the winter.

The bark of the third was considerably rent but it was still capable of repair.
The Indians sat in conference in their tents all the morning and in the afternoon came into the house charged with fresh matter for discussion.
Soon after they had seated themselves and the room was filled with the customary volume of smoke from their calumets the goods which had been laid aside were again presented to the leader, but he at once refused to distribute so small a quantity amongst his men and complained that there were neither blankets, kettles, nor daggers amongst them, and in the warmth of his anger he charged Mr.Wentzel with having advised the distribution of all our goods to the Canadians and thus defrauding the Indians of what was intended for them.

Mr.Wentzel of course immediately repelled this injurious accusation and reminded Akaitcho again that he had been told on engaging to accompany us that he was not to expect any goods until his return.