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and the shadows and the silence,
seem more lonely than before.

W H Dall   Dec 15.67.

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off the Russians shut the gates & load their guns, afraid that the fort is about to be attacked by eight men & a boy. Make the old chief a present of some tobacco; when he immediately strikes me for a seine, powder ball, a gun & blanket which of course, I give him.
Buy some fish of Yagorsha and fifty ukali of Paspilkoff 
Yagor serves me one of his usual dirty tricks, too long to set down but adding one to the score which I have against the Russians. Sleep at home for the 1st time.
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Bought a flint gun of one of the Nowikakjut Indians last night, for a new shirt, 40 rounds of powder and 20 ball & 1 lb of plug tobacco. Get all the dogs (16) together and put them into a Russian sled, and leaving the house in Yagors hands, who promises to keep it warm, start rather late for Woolysatux barrabora, with Peetka, Kurilla & Johnnie. Arrive