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January 1878
1st
New Years day was passed with no occurrence of note.

Jan. 2-
In the afternoon a number of sleds were seen coming from the north and as they drew near one turned to the village and the other came to the Redoubt. This proved to be Egeeluk who has been living in the vicinity of Cape Darby this winter.  He brought a lot of Ethnological specimens for me and tells me that he has many more at home which he will bring on a bidarra in the spring.

Jan 3
Early the morning Mr. McLuestion left for his station. I found that the other sled that came yesterday brought Alexis my native collector  This morning he put in an appearance accompanied by his wife and said he had been sick for some time.  I gave him some salts and he [[strikethrough]]wer[[/strikethrough]] went to Steben's probably to see his father-in-law.  Today and yesterday a fine frozen fog has filled the air and obscured the landscaping.
Every exposed object has been covered with a fine fluffy coat which gives the appearance of every thing being covered with very white cotton wool.

Jan 4
During the early A.M. about 2 inches of snow fell and later in the day the snow fog showed itself again although less distinct than before.