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Mr. Newmann Agt. A.C.Co, at the Redoubt, told me that the spring of '77- just as the snow was melting off, one of these birds lit in the middle of the courtyard only a few paces from houses on either hand, but that it had scarcely touched the ground before it was torn to fragments by an impetuous rush of the Esquimo dogs which were lying about and which are always on the warpath for any living creatures that they are not familiar with.

April 4th Mr. Lorenz assis’t Agt at the Redoubt started for Pastolik to see one of the Company’s employees who has been ill all winter - he was compelled to return in a short time to obtain snow shoes owing to the deep snow on the tundra. The 5th he started afresh going via [[Steben's?]] On the 4th Agnapiuk a malaumute of evil repute by of considerable influence among a certain class of the natives, came from Nualakleet to trade. He had several sons with him and from the party I obtained a number of ethnological spec's [[specimens]]. 

On the 6th a native brought in 3 snow buntings, one of which and the first I ever saw was pure white except a slight russet tinge about the head and some black wing and tail feathers.

Have been spending considerable time on a native vocabulary lately, in company with Mr. Neumann and find that the many errors in published vocabularies are mainly excusable for to get a majority of the words desired correctly, is almost impossible.