Viewing page 95 of 109

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

[[line]] Sunday Feb 3 [[line]]
Morning. Put away some specimens. Get some Ingaleet words from Ivan; spend most of the day reading Barren Honor, a very poor novel by the author of Guy Livingstone & am extremely poor one by Dumas fils called Annette. Make some dumplings.

[[line]] Monday Feb. 4 [[line]]
Morning very cold -45. The captain buys Alekoffs barrabora.  Al. brings me in two birds which I skin. Spend most of the day reading.

[[line]] Tuesday Feb. 5. [[line]]
Morning, Indians bring in a snow bird and 2 finches and Smith 3 finches, and in the evening I skin them Pickett pays me two sables for my pants. Dress Peetkas fingers which are very bad and will probably have to come off. Read part of Childe Harold.

[[line]] Wednesday Feb. 6 [[line]]
Morning very cold -51. Capt K. gives up the Ft Youkon sleds and will have 3 Ingaleet ones made for his Youkon trip. Whymper proposes to take Onilna after Capt K goes up the river and Joe Dyer takes the rabotniks wife away from him

[[line]] Thursday Feb. 7 [[line]]
Morning clear and cold 40 out with Mike & Captain Smith about a mile up the river to American creek where our post will be built and down to the Nulato R and about a mile up it to look for a good place for the steamer to escape the ice next spring.

[[line]] Friday Feb. 8 [[line]]
Morning warmer and signs of snow. Larriown & Ivan loafing around all day.  Dyer refits Picketts [[hut?]] for himself & girl.  Larriowns boy brings in two white crossbills the first of the season.  Take a good hot bath.
[[end page]]

[[start page]]
[[line]] Saturday February 9, 1867[[line]]
Morning warm about 0 all day.  Pack up the specimens obtained here up to this date which fill a hundred pound biscuit box and a small soap box for Captain Smith to take down to Unalakleet.  Partly skin three birds and pack away a mouse.

[[line]] Sunday February 10 [[line]]
Warm & comfortable.  Carpoff comes back with 300 lbs on 3 sleds.  Took a walk back of the fort with Capt Smith & get a new bird.  Larriowns malchiska brings in ten sparrows, Monday, three sparrows & a redheaded woodpecker & Sidorka a redbird.  A little excitement at night on account of a supposed plan of Larriown to murder some of our party on their way up the river, which on getting old Ivan in, turns out to be unfounded. Make dumplings which are a failure and give old Ivan a parkie.  Got all my crew for the up trip.

[[line]] Monday February 11 [[line]]
Colder, bar going up very rapidly.  Capt Smith, Mike, Pickett & Kurill go down to Woolysatuks on the way to Unalakleet.  P. is a bad egg & probably will not go to Ft. Youkon.  Evening skin 5 birds and Capt sends David down to tell Mike that he need not engage Ingechuk.  Antoshka cooking.

[[line]] Tuesday Feb. 12 [[line]]
Warm & snowing. Cousin & David in.  Skin five or six birds, and catalogue a lot more.

[[line]] Wednesday Feb 13 [[line]]
Morning.  A heavy fall of snow in the night, 8 in.  Put away a [[tot? lot?]] of birds & string labels all day.  Have some words with Capt K. about the Youkon trip.  Anxieties and troubles flood this unfortunate expedition. I would not devote more than one more year to