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1861 Fri Mar 29

danger.  Their organization is such that they have hot-blood tingling to their fingers & toes 'ends' While King Cold makes the temperature of the air bow down to him 20°. 30°, 40°, 50°. 60°, & even 70° below Zero.

They breathe, in my candid opinion, [[underlined]] three [[/underlined]] to [[underlined]] five [[/underlined]] times the amount of air that white men of the States or England do!  The food wh. Innuits eat in connection with the facts just stated, makes it evident to me that white men cannot (were not made to) [[underlined]] endure [[/underlined]] the exposures to Cold - Cold Storms that Innuits can.

This P.M. 4 o'clock Kood-loo & nuliana & child Sharkey & little Oo-Kood-lean - & little Koo-koo-yer - (Blind Georges child) arrived from Budington Bay by means of dogs & sledge.

Kood-loo & Sharkey have moved down to where Ebierbing & Tuk-oo-li-too are near "Sing-eye-yer" - have erected Igloos by theirs.
Ebierbing has caught only one young seal since he returned.  Tuk-oo-li-too has sent me in my Carpet Sack a rich present

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1861 Fri. Mar 29th

a pair of Kummings (Native Boots) for Spring & Summer wear.

At my request also she has sent me her kettle [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] in wh. she melts snow-water & uses for many purposes to have me repair it. 

To-morrow Mr. Rogers leaves here for the purpose of living in a snow house at the place where the articles for Fishery use are being transported.  The object is that there shall be a stopping place of comfort to those who may be caught in a storm when over there with a load

At 10 oclk this AM. Fair weather was indicated.  Before Meridian the weather beautiful Sun shining out clearly & warm.  Ther. in Sun +35[[degree symbol]] Noon - no wind.  The afternoon has been glorious - the eve the same
The Aurora in all its richness to-night. At 30 minutes before 10 to night, it commenced raising up - up belt after belt of gold from Southern horizon - the extremes resting in East & in Westn sky. 
At 10 1/4 oclk nearly all was concentrated in one grand, Zig Zag convoluted, [[underlined]] living [[/underlined]] arch that spanned the heavens from E to West running overhead - of 10 degrees in width

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