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It was apparently decided that I was to start off at once with my party of 50 - and that Col B was to send to Conway [[insertion]] on Fraser Riv [[/insertion]] such men (50 were proposed as a grand number) as I might need to finish work with at this end -  These [[insertion]] (50) [[/insertion]] men to remain with Conway till I might need them - some 50 more with the heavy outfit were (according to our proposition) to meet me at the mouth of the Youkon. - some time in July.-

I was requested by Col Bulkley to appoint Rothrock my "Chief of staff" and I chose with his approbation Pope for a sort of practical telegraphic engineer - I appointed no other officers preferring to choose them on the route when I should be better able to judge of their capacity

Transcription Notes:
Note: He spelled "Fraser" river correctly this time. He usu. misspells it as "Frazer"