We were afterwards led backwards and forwards at the pleasure of the buffalo herds.

They crossed and recrossed our path until we had travelled to almost every point of the compass.
Having had various altercations with the Indians, the party reached Red River, bringing about 900 lbs.

of buffalo meat in each cart, making more than one million pounds in all.

The Hudson's Bay Company took a considerable amount of this, and the remainder went to supply the wants of the Red River Settlement for another year..