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Bulkley visited my camp & approved of the course I had pursued. Mr Davis being of no use to me, with Col Buckley's consent I ordered him to report to Capt. Harding.

  This reduced my party to four. The weather gradually grew colder from the 10" to the 20" when the river closed permanently for the winter. It would not be safe for vessels to remain in the river later than the 10" the tide keeps the Bay open longer. The weather gradually grew colder from the 10" to the 20" when the river closed permanently for the winter.
 
It was the first of November before sufficient snow had fallen for sledging, the weather up to that time being generally clear. The Schuktchi then began to make south to their Winter quarters in the mountains many trains with their herd of Reindeer crossed the river at my camp I offered them everything in my possession to take my party to Anadyrsk or sell me deer & sleds. Although many of them showed marriage certificates dated Anadyrsk, none of them had ever heard the place called by that name. I could get no information from them that seemed reliable. I soon learned  that they will not sell live deer, having some superstitious belief concerning it. I endeavored by signs to explain