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again conveyed by water to Detroit; goods suit-able for the Indian trade are also transported back again by the same route. After spending some time in viewing the re-mains of several old Indian towns, graves, hiero-glyphics, &;c. &;c. &;c., we returned to William Wells' house, where we dined, and in the even-ing returned to our lodgings. 8th. Paid a visit to the carpenter and black-smith who accompanied us as before mentioned. They are both at work. The blacksmith is re-pairing Indian guns, and the carpenter is at work upon a council house which the govern-ment has ordered to be built for the Indians at their request. The house is to be built of hewn logs, fifty feet in length, and twenty-five in width. We also amused ourselves in attending to the manner of packing furs and skins. Our friend Jonathan has several Canadians now employed in that business. They are packed by a ma-chine constructed for the purpose, by which the work is performed expeditiously. The packs are made in squares of about two and a half feet, and contain from thirty-five to forty deer skins, or about two hundred raccoon skins. 9th. On the evening of this day, we received a message from the Little Turtle, informing us that the Indians had arrived, and that they would be ready to meet us at 10 o'clock the next morning. 4th mo. 10th. At 10 o'clock this morning we