In the evening we again had the company of
the chiefs, they having been invited by our
landlord to take supper with us.

This day rainy, and spent chiefly at
William Wells

Besides the garrison stationed here, there is a
large store of goods established by the United
States, for the purpose of suppplying the Indians.
The store is kept by our landlord. Several
Canadian traders also reside here, who exchange
goods with the Indians; some of them have re-
sided here for more than thirty years. The In-
dians are daily arriving with their peltry, some
of them exchange them for goods, others re-
quire money. The women bring sugar, which
is generally neatly packed in a square box made
of bark, containing about fifty pounds. It is
made from the sugar tree. This art has long
been known to the Indians. They make and
use large quantities of sugar. We have seen
very white and clear looking sugar of their manu-
facture.

Rode about two miles up the St. Mary's
river and viewed the remains of old Indian
houses, also the fields on which they cultivated
corn, where the corn hills are still discernible.
We also observed large numbers of Indian graves.
These are now discernible only by the sunken
cavities in the surface of the earth. In the
course of our route we have seen many Indian
graves of more recent date. They bury their