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IFAMINE AT THE SAULTPASSED the winter following at the Sault'de Ste. Marie. Fish, at this place, areusually so abundant in the autumn thatprecautions are not taken for a supply ofprovisions for the winter; but this year thefishery failed, and the early setting-in of thefrost rendered it impracticable to obtainassistance from Michilimackinac. To theincrease of our difficulties, five men, whom, onthe prospect of distress, I had sent to subsistthemselves at a distant post, came back on theday before Christmas, driven in by want.Under these circumstances, and havingheard that fish might be found in Oak Bay,called by the French, Anse a la Pdche, or FishingCove, 11 which is on the north side of LakeSuperior, at the distance of twelve leaguesfrom the Sault, I lost no time in repairingthither,taking with me several men, with apint of maize only for each person.In Oak Bay we were generally able to obtaina supply of food, sometimes doing so with greatfacility, but at others going to bed hungry.11"Ance a la Pfiche" is shown on Bellin's map ofCanada of 1745 as the indentation on the east side ofmodern Whitefish Bay into which the Goulais Riverempties. Editor.198