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Came and told the [O.C. Cos?] Agent that they had word that the Cape Pr. of Wales [never?] were coming here in summer to take revenge for the killing of some dozen of [there?] last summer by the crew of a vessel which they attacked, He asked if the village men would be permitted to come into the fort to help [defered?] if saying that if these men came down they would also wish to kill the St. M. people as well as the whites. 
April 8- Mr. [Loremz?] [relimed] from [postshik] today- He brought me a few ethnological specimens from [Kaukoff?] the Russian trader there- In the afternoon an [hugalik?]came down from the opposite side bringing me a goshawk and a Snowy owl which were brought from Nulato by one of his traders. 
The day is becoming very long now, and today one could read without the aid of a lamp from 4 a.m. until 8 P.M. while twilight lost nearly an hour before sunrise and [faster?] sunset.
Just before sunset tonight a halo was formed on a misty fall of snow flakes, only the upper half of the circle was visible and at the upper point was a indistinct [parheba?] while a verticle bar extended from the sun to the earth on which could be seen faint warming rain [bow?] shades which seemed to run in tremors and waves [across?] it. 
Apr. 9th a raw disagreeable day- Two or three Ravens were flying about the place all day and in the Afternoon a little creole boy brought me the first insect of the season, a beetle which he found on the side of a house.