MR coemack's expedition. 263 recently returned, I will now only lay before you a brief outline of my expedition in search of the Boeo- thics, or Red Indians, confining my remarks exclu¬ sively to its primary object. " My party consisted of three Indians, whom I procured from among the other tribes ; the first, an intelligent and able man of the Abenakee tribe, from Canada ; an elderly mountaineer from Labrador ; and an adventurous young Micmac, a native of the island, together with myself. It was difficult to obtain men fit for the purpose ; and the trouble attendant on this, prevented my entering on the expedition a month earlier in the season. It was my intention to have commenced our search at , which is nearer the northern extremity of the island than where we did ; but the weather not permitting to carry my party thither by water, after several days' delay, I unwillingly changed my line of route. " On the 31st October, 1827, we entered the coun¬ try at the mouth of the river Exploits, on the north side, at the branch called the ; we took a north-westerly direction, which led us to Hall's Bay, through an almost uninterrupted forest, and over a hilly country, in eight days. This tract includes the interior country, extending from , , , &c, being minor bays branching from Notre , and well known to have been heretofore always the summer residences of the Red Indians. " On the fourth day after our departure, at the east end of , Great Lake, at a portage