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1861 Feb. 20th Wednes. Ebierbing & Tuk-oo-li-too are the two principal parties to whom I look with great hopes of being great assistants to me in my voyage to King William's Land the coming season. This journal (ante) will show how much I value them. I trust I do not overestimate their worth - or place more confidence in them than I should. I have now been a member of their Igloo for over a month - have studied them well, & find them to be happily mated - of kindly disposition & [[underlined]] great Workers. [[/underlined]] But especially do I find them good company & [[strikethrough] to be [[/strikethrough]] able to converse fluently in American. [[underlined]] Tuk-oo-li-too, [[/underlined]] indeed, [[underlined]] is the best interpreter of Esquimaux into American language of any native living! [[/underlined]] She is a correct speaker of her own language - can accomodate her conversation to that of Innuits hailing from various sections of the Northern Coasts which indeed is an accomplishment possessed by no native whom I have met, or of whom I have heard. All in all, I have been fortunate in meeting & becoming acquainted with Ebierbing & Tuk-oo-li-too - of acquiring their confidence & friendships. May the same goodly feeling now [[strikethrough]] existed [[/strikethrough]] existing between us continue without end. The talk [[underlined]] 'What is to be! [[/underlined]] the indications!! To-day the dogs have been fed up, & allowed rest, with the exception of being used for a short trip down the Bay to get the remainder of the things left on the ice by Ugarny when he came up from the "George Henry" [[end page]] [[start page]] On Board the Barque "George Henry" Thursday, Feb 21st 1861 Here within the walls of my little Cabin am I again! I am back [[strikethrough]] again [[/strikethrough]] in the presence of my old friend Capt. Sidney O. Budington, who to-night with those of his command, warmly bid me "Welcome" again to their midst! - | Days absent Left the vessel Thursday Morn Jan 10th = | 1 Balance of Month Jan = | 21 Absent days in Month of Feb = | 21 Returned Eve of Thursday Feb 21st = | ______ Days (6 weeks & 1 day) absent from vessel = | 43 Nights in Igloo = | 42 Early this Morning we were all up & [[underlined]] doing. [[/underlined]] As we peered out of the ventilating & look-out hole of the Igloo, stars - [[strikethrough]] indicated [[/strikethrough]] & a clear sky met our anxious eye. On going out I found the temperature of the air & the quietude of it quite in character to answer my hopeful wishes for a fine opportunity to make my day's journey.
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