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further out. Pass Golsova Reetchka about noon and round [[Topanica?]] Point in a dead calm
Pull ashore and take tea at a creek where Arknapyaks brother & some other Indians are [[overwritten]] taking [[/overwritten]] [[strikethrough]] tea [[/strikethrough]] camping.
Borrow a boy to help & put off for Unalakleet with a fresh S.E. wind coming in puffs & very strong. Leave about half past two o clock; and
about half past five the wind has raised a tremendous sea in the shallow water. Sea after
sea drenches us through & through. Constant bailing fails to keep us dry. I wish to run her on the beach but it is high water & no good place. Off Unalakleet at last the water is very shallow & the waves were absolutely tremendous.
Two or three one after the other poured into the
boat and five minutes more would have swamped
us but thank God we passed

Transcription Notes:
"Golsova Reetchka" may refer to Golsovia River because "rechka" means "small river" in Russian.