We carried our guns and axes and the usual woodmen's knives, a pot and pan for cooking our meals, some tin cups, and a few small bales of cloths and coloured calicoes with which to pay the Indians for any peltries they might have to sell--for our expedition was on business as well as pleasure.  We enjoyed the thoughts of it all the more on that account.  We expected also to get some hunting, and to come back with a supply of dried venison, as well as some skins.