water began to form on the ice at the edge of the lake and ducks made their first appearance, he was in a sorry plight and mentally unbalanced from hunger.
One day two “loons”-large water birds-landed on the little strip of water in front of his cabin. Hornby got so excited that he dropped his rifle and ran into the water after them. Of course they flew-but it sobered him and when a few ducks landed next day he bagged a couple.
Early, in the spring some Indians happened to pass, found him and hauled him to Fort Resolution, 250 miles. This same place and the East End of Great Slave Lake-sometimes called Fort Reliance was the scene of other suffering some years later when William Laroque brought his wife’s body home, 250
