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1859

Skagit except on Hozumeen.  The goats have no running season.  They remain in one spot, & cohabit mostly in the fall.  All drop their young in the spring, the goats among the rocky peaks, like the bighorn.  The deer runs more than the sheep.
  The Indians call the does to them, kill them & then hunt for the fawns which they take home to be killed when wanted.  They use dogs, which put on the track of deer, follow them up & drive them into the vallies, where they are killed. When the snow falls deep, deer and sheep both descend to the vallies, where numbers are killed. Both paw the snow up in seeking food.  The track of goats & sheep is easily distinguishable from that of deer by being wider & more blunt & open.

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Oct. 6th. White fish. Alcohol
The Indians bring in large quantities of them which seem to be the same as the Be-dohbl. Specimen No. 13 
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" " [[ditto for: Oct. 6th.]] Small Snake. Alcohol.  From Dr. Berrien. Bag No. 6. 
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Oct.  Squirrel - Albino. Alcohol.
Fr. Lieut Harker.  The eyes were pink and it is I suppose an albino of the white bellied squirrel.
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" [[ditto for: Oct.]] Shells of fresh water mussel, also several species small shells from the lake, obtained by Dr. Berrien. 
(Specimens in small box) 

Transcription Notes:
Gibbs writes Hozumeen, though now more commonly called Hozomeen. Second lieutenant Charles Garrison Harker was part of the escort duty for the U.S. Northwest Boundary Commission in 1859.