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1860
Thursday
August 30 
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Walrus. Many of the ancient hut embankments of this place where we landed, had the largest of Whale Skeleton bones placed "Cob-House style, within said embankments, so incorporated with the earth as to keep the whole firmly & enduringly together.
The entrances were [[insertion]] serpentine [[/insertion]] as tunnels, under ground, walled at each of their sides & covered over with slabs of stone. To enter & go thru them one is obliged go on "all fours".
I noticed here a [[insertion]] dog [[/insertion]] sledge such as the Esquimaux use in their Winter excursions. It was ten feet in length, the runners of 1 1/2 inch plank & shod with Skeleton Bone of the Whale. The width was [[insertion]] 30 inches - cross bars or beams fastened by strings of whale Bone. [[/insertion]] Al-lo-kee's widow had wintered here. She lead her steps direct to the place where she had hutted & took therefore a large plate, Queens-ware. I asked her whence she obtained this & she replied: "English" - probably from one of the English Whalers. The use she makes of this piece of Ware is a [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] "Catch all". Keeping [[insertion]] in it [[/insertion]] her needles; knives; beads; Rein-deer Sinew for sewing; etc. etc. 
XI 1/2 o'clock we started on. Arrived at the point of our journey's end one o'clock P.M.
All went on shore. From our landing the Esquimauxs Ood-luk-too, Ku-i-chok with her infant Kuk-i-jon, the young man Esquimaux [[blank space]] & Allokee's widow were to foot it for about two days over mountains, through vallies, cross rivers, etc before arriving to their Home. Not only to travel afoot, but each were obliged to carry a heavy pack on their backs. 
I was appalled when I saw what loads they had to carry, the distance [[insertion]] & the route [[/insertion]] before them, & the entire absence of all provision or sustenance. But with them it seemed an every day affair.
Ood-luk-too & his lady Ku-i-chok had been very kind & atten