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her immediately, and not to go in the water, and at night Mr Darby rode home about eighteen miles, and brought him some? medicin and other things to do him good, which he gave him, and for two or three days he done but little, but woud lay on the breach and sleep, and some time would hold, or mind the horses and at length draw one of the teams, he would eat & drink, and smoke, as well as ever he did, and on several occasions gave me (James Clye) a great deal of abuse, and bad language. About this time, he was busy writing, and wanted to get every body to sign it, which I (J. Clye) would not do although some did, this passed on, and we went to the west end, where he tryed to get me (M Clye) to sign it but I did not, but about this time somem of the paraty that had signed it was cursing all the blacks most bitterly and swearing off they had their will of them, they would soon put them out of the way, and I (M. Clye) was almost afraid of my life amongst them and did mention to Mr Darby that I had serious thoughts of swearing my life against them, about the 17th of August, I (J. Clye) was told by Mr Darby to get my tea and hay waggon an go down along the marsh and get a load of ? and bring it hom to use for fodder, and that Nichols would go with me to help me, and to take the horse that he called his and put him in the harness to break him in and make him gentle but he refused to go, and Mr Darby sent Donald GIllis with me in his stead, when Mr Cunard was here, Nichols with others made a complaint about provisions,, and as Mr Cunard could see no grounds or cause for complaint, Nichols swore that he would write to the Governor to have revenge, for something but we could not understand what, as we know of no way in which he had been injured. He did not go through half the hardship that we did, and we was not broke out with any scurvy or sores, nor was any other man but himself, and one of us (M. Clye) went through more hardship here in 1835 than any thing that any of us has gone through this year; after this in our endeavours to catch fish, Nichols complained that getting wet, made his complaint break out again, we advised him to let Mr Darby know that he was not well, no we was some at this time Mr Darby did not know that any thing was the matter with him, however he did not let him know any thing about it, and about the 30th of September, we went our fishing in the morning, but Nichols would not go with us, we landed and got breakfast, and after breakfast he was no where to be found, we went on board of Captn