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the first ice when the Indians would have still been living on the banks of the River catching fish - now I cannot rely on [[strikeout]] fellow [[/strikeout]] finding a single Indian [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] on the river from Koyukuk ^[[1 day above Nulato]] to Frt Youkon.

Perhaps I ought [[strikethrough]] to have [[/strikethrough]] to have gone into winter quarters and waited for spring - But [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] I cannot bear the idea of remaining idle when there is any hope of success.

I leave Natural History to Bannister and Pease till next summer when it is my turn at that.

I shall face the music and do all I can for the interest of the telegraph co, even if I can't make a success of the exploration;- but I confess it looks black ahead, for this winter at least. 

My opinion as to the success of the line and best manner of building it is just about the same as it was before I left New York. All turns out as predicted. - As I feared, our outfit, tho expensive, is miserable. and such [[strikethrough]] blunders [[/strikethrough]] things as this will be the principal barriers to success- The country is not so bad as I feared- the great desiderata are [[underlined]] provisions [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] transportation [[/underlined]] - with these provided the line can be easily and

Transcription Notes:
jeni92127 transcription 23 Sept 2017 - Frt Youkon = Fort Yukon - take out "^[[" and use "insertion instead"