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1861 Apr 28 + [[Sunday]] 'Great Whales' will be here - & for what? Is there food for [[underlined]] them [[/underlined]] here too? Koo-choo-ar-chu (Sampson) took me out of his Igloo at Ak-koo-wie-shut-too-ping, the Island on wh. is his settlement & showed me where Whales are numerous (around said Island & others in the neighborhood) every year - appearing a little later than this & continuing nearly all the time till cold weather sets in. From his description & that of the intelligent Kok-er-jab-in, Whales are numerous yearly at the upper part of the Bay, the "Cows" going to the extreme part of it to produce their young. To the question I asked; If Whales were numerous also on Kin-gaite (Meta-Incognita) shore?, (wh. must be the deepest part of the Bay from the precipitous character of the whole extent of that Coast.) They both answered warmly in the affirmative. I asked if Whales were also numerous at Og-bier-sier-o-ping? the place where the G.H. is to commence to Whale & where is the "Whale Depot" for the ships stuff. The reply was: 'Very few Whales there'. If this be so, the George Henry's force must operate further up. At IX AM, I bid adieu to this place (tho' I hope not the last, for I expect soon to come back) & directed my way to An-na-wa's. Sterry was to accompany me & did till making the ice, when down he went through the treacherous place he had trusted himself upon. He was thus obliged to retrace his steps to dry his clothing. I kept on. Soon I had other company - Miner & his nuliana, coming up with dogs & sledge laden with all of their [[underlined]] this worlds goods. [[/underlined]] They were moving from the place I had just left to Annawa's settlement. The Island where on this settlement (I call Annawa's) is, about 4 miles around it - 1 1/4 in length. I was warmly welcomed again by the good [[end page]] [[start page]] 1861 Apr 28 + [[Sunday]] natured woman of the Family (Annawa's) Nood-loo-ong. Annawa was absent sealing. Nood-loo-ong was busily engaged completing a Tupik - sewing together seal skins in conical tent-form, to have in readiness for the season of warm weather wh. is fast advancing. The place where she was making it, a few rods from the Igloos. It consisted of a Wall of Snow 3 feet high & 12 feet in diameter. This was for the double purpose: 1st of being the auxilliary patern by wh. to cut & sew the Tupik & 2dly the Wall shielding her from the wind while sewing. Ladies at Home! think of taking your sewing out into the open air, seating yourselves mid snow banks, the temperature at Zero & occasionally above - & there with bear hand, [[underlined]] "ply the needle", [[/underlined]] hour after hour! This is no extraordinary affair for an [[underlined]] Innuit [[/underlined]] Lady! 4 PM Sealers returning - bringing in seals. The feast in the open air - [[underlined]] A Sunday (+) picture [[/underlined]] from the Snow Circle of Nood-loo-ong - the group at the right - seal feasting - the 3 women Innuits in the distance coming from an Island toward Og-big-sier-bing where they have been together "Kelp" - a sea weed much used by Innuits for food. Annawa & his sealing company drawing up their Ki-as on the flow a distance sea ward - open waters black with Meituks to the right & ahead. "Blind George" standing in front of "Bob's" Igloo facing - & welcoming the warm rays of the Sun - a group of boys drawing from the Sea-ice over the terribly broken ice lining the shore, the Seal captured by Annawa - one boy having the brace of Ducks shot by A. - Ice-bergs - floating, masses of level ice in the back ground as well as the mountains on either side of F. Bay. The seal brought in by Annawa - & the 2 Ducks - My astonishment at the size fatness & weight of the latter. The skinning
