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The following drafts of telegrams were prepared immediately after my arrival in San Francisco and were submitted to Col Bulkley about and before May first at which time he apparently approved of the ideas conveyed in them. My proposed plan of operations were modified to meet his expressed intention of sending me into the Youkon via the Frazer

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Col Buckley orders me to build the line from the head of Frazer river to the Straits.

Despite my late arrival here and the want of proper and rapid transportation, and the unexpected bar at the mouth of the Youkon, I believe I can still finish the work in the time promised, provided there be no further delay in obtaining Ocean transportation, but I mus now go in via Frazer and Telly Rivers.

It is absolutely necessary that I leave here immediately with a comparatively small party and outfit