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1860
Saturday
Nov 17
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brother of Allokee nohi[[guess]] is deceased. King-me-Chung (Bok) & his family also in Ku-jes sy's boat. The handing up of the "baby" which was [[strikethrough]] nacked [[strikethrough]] ^[[naked]] & holding it exposed to the air for 15 minutes. Thermometer 15ยบ & wind blowing fresh.
(Bob) - King-me-chung (Father)
(Polly) - E-ke-to-wong (Mother)
E-gien-ling ^[[underlined]] the [[underlined]] ]] infant - 5 years of age, 3 feet & 1/2 inch hight - still at the breast & carried at the back. Is a smart active boy - can talk Esquimaux rapidly - & understands the vernacular 1st rate. The swollen [[strikethrough]] neck of the "infant" - application of a big plaster by Capt B. Capt. presents a piece of Cast-steel Soaps to the Mother & with [[underlined]] great emphasis [[underlined]] tells her to wash the "Infant" soon as arriving back to tupik. She promise. Could grow trees, corn & potatoes here if there were as much dirt ^[[comparatively]] on the rocks & it was [[strikethrough]] as warm, as is this child!
[[strikethrough]] Pu [[strikethrough]] ^[[u]] -to's "Anglo-Saxon" - 1 year old last june - [[underlined]] the three fathers [[/underlined]]. [[strikethrough]] Pu [[strikethrough]] ^[[u]] to's complaint to Capt. B. - Capt B. demanding the name of the father of the [[underlined]] prospective [[/underlined]] - Her answer that either.
[[underlined]] One of the three, she did not know which [[/underlined]]! The dilemma. The mother dropped - a baby born, 1/2 Esquimaux the other half - [[underlined]] yankee! [[/underlined]]
Saw 4 whales this [[?]] - Not I, but the 4 boats & crews of [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] the G.H.
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1860 Nov 17th Saturday
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The present of mine to Isabella (In-nuk-de-lien)?]] [[Kujsse's nuhunu. Supungers[[guess]](beads) a variety of colors & Oodluv[[guess]] (woman's knife) The great interest of Ku june & Tunukdelien[[guess]] in the illustrations of Perry's 2d voyage - This interest enhanced by the fact of their expectation of accompanying me to King - William's Land & passing Igh[[?]]lik Esquimaux on the way.
A barrell of lime juice bust into the aft cabin to-day & placed on the locker at my right. Suppose I now bid scurv[[strikethrough]] e [[/strikethrough]] y[[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] defiance?
The gr[[?]]al drink of it all around!
No boats out this P.M. - "George" remains another night with us. The boat of ^[[Kujesse]] about leaving for upper village, "Blind George" came to me elated ^[[& said]] "Captain speake'um me [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] stay aboard to-night. Captain [[underlined]] P-e-e-^-e]]e-uke!" [[/underlined]]
George has spent the whole evening with me, in the aft cabin. While the officers [[underlined]] played [[/underlined]] whist in the main cabin, [[underlined]] we played with Esquimaux & American tongues! [[/underlined]] I went over a guard just of Parry's vocabulary [[?]] to ^[[his (P's)]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]][[?]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] narration of 2d voyage.
"George" has been to Kim-[[?]] ("[[?]]") - his [[strikethrough]] not [[/strikethrough]] ^[[meeting]] [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] a big Husky who had been in Seko-Selah (King's Cape) "George"'s mapping out the situation of various prominent places
