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Wednesday July 1st. 1868
Get up early and find that somebody, out of pure spite, has run a knife into my poor little [[?Koyonkimsky]] dog and I think he will die.  I suppose it was an Indian - a white man would not do such a mean trick.  Get the key from Stepanoff and get my necessary goods into the other casarme.  The Russians told the truth - about the spirit, Stepanoff shall pay well for it.  Buy 12 marten from Felezhik.  Marten they tell me, bring from 1.50 to 3.00 only in San Francisco.  Go up in the afternoon and trade with Stepanoff on account.  Pay my Indians out of the Russian store.  Buy all his [[?Ychirkatsky]] tobacco, 20 sacks of flour, about 50 lbs of beads and rings, buttons &c to the amount of $118.00.  These I shall turn over to Bean who will draw for me on San Francisco.  A lot of Indians and Ivan Pavloff arrive in the afternoon.  All the Nulato Russians with him.  They had a narrow escape at Nowi-

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Tuesday, June 16, 1868
Wake up to find that everlasting diabolical head wind, thrashing the water about.  We might have left the mast and sail at Nulato & been one the worse for it - so far.  Row against the wind some time and finally pass a bluff where we find some Indians of whom I buy 5 swan eggs - pass through a narrow slough which takes a Northward turn, and here for the first time use our sail - Chi peet here.  Then to the river again, and sail a long way crossing and camping on the other side.  No trees, only low willows now, and very little drift wood.

Wednesday June 17
Start and sail gently along.  Our guide who understands no Russian (and one of us understand Premorska) insists on crossing back again.  I begin to wonder what he is doing as the Kirsilvak plough is on the South side and fear he is go-