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(5) 1861 Apr 27 Sat. could never have discovered it. There was no evident mark to distinguish it the snow seemed as undisturbed & uniform as the that upon the rest of the Sea-ice. Kok-er-jab-in has certainly, in my estimation, established herself as a remarkable person! [[underlined]] She, [[/underlined]] indeed, [[underlined]] is so, [[/underlined]] from the evidence now on record in this journal. Soon as Kok-er-jab-in announced the spot sought dogs turned their course toward her & sped away thence at [[strikethrough]] Rail [[/strikethrough]] Locomotive speed expecting, no doubt, to be repaid by a feast. I, Sterry & Cap-a-tain certainly had an [[underlined]] unusual [[/underlined]] ride, so far as extraordinary speed was concerned. Kning-u-ar ping, at once, commenced to [[underlined]] un- [[/underlined]] snow (not [[underlined]] un-earth [[/underlined]]) the Walrus. A huge pile soon came to view - making dogs, Innuits - [[underlined]] & Americans [[/underlined]] look wishfully for portions of the raw frozen mass! The Walrus had been captured by our friend & accomodater a few weeks previous near the spot where it was deposited. Of course, it was in a good state of preservation. It had been cut up into pieces, as all Walrus harpooned in the water [[underlined]] have to be [[/underlined]] before they can be taken up on to the ice (owing to their size & weight). Some of the pieces were more weighty than one could lift. I jumped down now & then into this snow grave and assisted in the upheaval of the luscious pieces. All out, Kning-u-ar-ping chopped off liberal slices with his cheving (Snow Knife) & invited all to make ourselves better acquainted, which invitation, I for one, was not backward, in accepting. When Seal & Walrus meat is - [[underlined]] one is never full - Eat - Eat [[/underlined]] - Sleep - [[underlined]] Eat [[/underlined]] - Work - [[underlined]] eat - [[/underlined]] [[double underlined]] eat [[/double underlined - [[triple underlined]] eat [[/triple underlined]] - & [[underlined]] still anxious for more! [[/underlined]] There was an end, however, to our eating at this ever memorable spot - a spot memorable in the [[underlined]] mind [[/underlined]] only, for ere many days, the ice whereon we found the deposite, will be claimed by the waters whence it was made. We assisted in loading the sledge. It was found all the Walrus could not be taken as one load - the remainder we tumbled back & re-covered it. A piece (of walrus) weighing 50 lbs was given our party. We placed it on the [[?]] [[end page]] [[start page]] (6) 1861 Apr 24 Sat. "Pink" refused to draw it. Alternately one of the humans became dog in the traces! Before making 3 miles with this additional weight, it was concluded to made a deposite of it, or we should not reach the point of our destination till long into night. Having erected over it a block of snow on wh. Sterry made a [[underlined]] natural [[/underlined]] mark by means of a fluid well known to Kings, Queens, Presidents - [[underlined]] & the Common people [[/underlined]] - we trudged on as rapidly as the increased depth of snow would admit. For a couple of miles or so after leaving Kning-u-ar ping I made out to propell my body in the Breeches of Old Se-Ko I might as well have had on shackles - better for they would have been cooling - The day proved warm, at least, as long as said Breeches were on my limbs - The effort of a 1/2 doz. strong Innuits had been spent in getting them on! How many should I require to remove them? I could stand it no longer - I cried to Sterry, Capatain & Kok-er-jab-in who were far in the advance. I laid myself down flat on my back. They were alarmed, thinking I was in [[strikethrough]] bad [[/strikethrough]] trouble - [[underlined]] So I was! [[/underlined]] "Pink" even caught the alarm & sympathetic feeling & came back as only a speedy & [[underlined]] feeling [[/underlined]] dog could, jumping upon me as if to succor or [[underlined]] devour. [[/underlined]] The party all present, I stated my complaint. Sterry took hold of one leg of the Breeches of Old Seko, Kok-er-jabin the other, who was the dexter - pull - [[underlined]] pull [[/underlined]] they did - I on my back in the soft - mealy - deep - snow pedals & back bone up on an angle of about the present declination of the Sun at noon day. How many rods I was dragged before said breeches made [[underlined]] "a give" [[/underlined]] of an inch I was in no condition to tell, thus after recoving my position, in looking back, the "trough"-look my body had made in the snow reminded me of the mark a dead Seal leaves when being dragged along
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