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1861 Thursday Jan 10

3 lbs Cincinnati Cracklings for Soups - the latter article belonging to my Expedition provision.  For bedding I have brought 1 double wool blanket - 1 sleeping bag - 1 cloak for bed covering - 1 shawl for bed covering also. - Clothing, 1 extra under shirt - one wool shirt - 2 prs extra stockings - 2 pr extra pants - 2 towels - 2 prs mittens - Books Bowditch Navigation Burrits Geogaraphy & Atlas of the Heavens - Gillespie's Land Surveying - "Nautical Alminac & Astronomical Ephemeries for 1861" - 1 Bible - "Daily Food" 
Instruments - 1 Telescope - 1 Self Reg Thermometer - 1 pocket Sextant - 2 Magnetic Compasses - 1 Marine (opera) glass - 1 Rifle & ammunition.
There were my all for this trip save some little mittens like Ink, writing material this Journal Book - pencils etc.

At 10 AM.  All were in readiness, Ebierbing having the team of dogs (5 with 5 of my Greenlanders) & loaded sledge along side the "George Henry".

Tuk-oo-li-too was gaily dressed in NEW Tuk-too skirt - tuk-too Kummins - Jacket Bonnet etc.

The excitement produced on the "George Henry" by this excursion party was of no moderate character.  Nothing was now wanting but one or 2 days' Ook-Sook oil for the Innuit Fire Lamp (Ik-Ku-mer) & a Hand-Saw (Kid-loon) for sawing snow blocks for Igloo building.  Capt B's kindness supplied these.  Indeed Capt B. generously said to me whatever provision I wanted the same should be forwarded

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1861 Thursday Jan 10th

on sending down to the vessel.  It is expected that frequently a team of dogs with Kummiti will be driven down to the vessel returning within two or 3 days.

A little after 10, Tuk-oo-li-too leading the way (tracking for the dogs) away we went N. Eastward for [[underlined]] 1 mile [[/underlined]] on the ice thence our course was that of [[underlined]] Ugarny's [[/underlined]] the day before over hill & mountain through vale & vallies 
Our speed was now & then rapid - at least when going down hill & mountain sides - Now & then we all caught a ride together.

My spirits were high for this was my 1st Sledge travelling trip.  Ebierbing managed the dogs admirably.  Indeed I should say he [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] is a capital dog driver.  I think I never perspired so profusely as I have this day.  The scenes (many of them) of the day have been amazing.  One where we were descending a steep hill all of the company beside the Kummiti holding on to it from rushing too speedily  The rapidity was even then great.  At last one of my feet broke through the treacherous snow crust & down I went tumbling like hoop to the bottom of the hill.  Tuk-oo-li-too hastened to my relief - She saw also a frost-bite on my face & applied her warm hand (the Innuit way) till all was right again!  On we went bounding like the deer of the mountains around us.  An incident I will here relate:  Going down a long steep hill all on the Kum-mi-ti then under full speed, at length the race between the dogs & kummiti became very exciting - almost dangerously so!  The sledge increasing in speed [[strikethrough]] now [[/strikethrough]] it was evident we should out strip the dogs - finally over three in four dogs we went evidently crushing them - mangling them ever unto death!  When we reached the bottom, on survey of the expected ruins, found dogs all safe & sound.  An Innuit dog cannot easily be killed!

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