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[[circular stamp]]
Smithsoninan Institution.
OCT 11 1865
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we land at Ft St Michal and I get at the [[underlined]] real [[/underlined]] work with my party - I shall go through to  Frazers River on snow shoes I feel confident Charlie Pease at least will go with me and perhaps most of my party - I may perhaps [[underlined]]en passant[[/underlined]] explore Lynn Canal & Chilcat River and pay a flying visit to Sitka if I have time.

Tell everybody that we are all well and bound to go through and do all the work the Col gives us.

I shall now be able to carry some collecting apparatus up the Youkon with me. -

I will post Bannister up as well as possible but he is fearfully obstinate and hard headed just now

I'll write from St Michals and youll get the letter when Col Bulkley goes back to Frisco next December -

I shall leave Dall in charge.

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corrected typos etc.-nwmath