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[[boxed]] 1861 June 3 Mond [[/boxed]] (5 a short time. I then invited the two men Innuits from Se-Ko Se-lah, ^[[also]] Ebierbing & his Noo-loo-ang-a, Tuk-oo-li-too, into the little Aft - Cabin (Capt. B's & my room) when I closed doors & proceeded to make known my object in the present interview. I told Tuk-oo-li-too what Capt. B had written me & that I desired that she & her wing-a ^[[E.]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] sho^[[u]]ld converse freely with [[right margin vertical boxed]] The three Oo-mi-[[?]] expected here from SeKo Selah this Summer [[/right margin vertical boxed]] Ook-goo [[strikethrough]] k [[/strikethrough]] -al[[?]] -loo & Too-loo [[strikethrough]] k [[/strikethrough]] -Ka-ah [his other name Al-lo-kee] as to what they knew or had ever [[underlined in blue]] heard of White [[/underlined in blue]] men dying at Se-Ko Se-Lah [[red line]] [After some conversation together (that is between Tuk-oo-li-too & Ebierbing) they both, by turns, conversed with the Se-ko Selars. The result was communicated to me as follows: "No Kod-lun-nave (Whites) have ever "been to; or had ever died at Se-Ko Se-lar, but "two years ago, two Kod-lu-nan Boats with "many Oars [meaning many Whites at the oars] "arrived at a place farther down ^[[-at Kou-mawong (H.)]] (So they, "the Seko-Selars had heard) & there stopped awhile "(how long, whether one or two days, did not "know) that these Kodlunans had plenty game "^[[plenty]] powder - plenty shot - plenty balls & [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1861 June 3 Mon. [[/boxed]] (6 "plenty small casks of provision. They had "many Took-too skins (Rein-deer furs) "to wrap around ^[[their bodies]] [[strikethrough]] their [[/strikethrough]] & around their feet. "To make their boats not so deep in the " [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Water, the Kod-lu-nare (Whites) took out " [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] amasundlo [[/underlined]] ^[[(a great many)]] Balls [[strikethrough]] & some other things [[/strikethrough]] & placed "them on a rock. The Innuits there & in "the vicinity where they (the Kod-lu-nare) "landed, thought the Balls were soft-stones. "The Innuits ^[[ [of Kau-mo-wong] ]] thought these Whites came from "Ships that had been lost or wrecked in the ice. "When these whites left the nuna (land) they "went further down - toward the big Sea. In answer to my enquiry: 'What time of the year did these boats come among the Innuits ^[[at Kau-mo-wong]] ? - The answer was: "In the fall of the year - one "day when the weather was very bad, Wind "blowing very hard & snowing fast. It was "very cold too. The Innuits ^[[where they]] [[strikethrough]] [[landed]] [[/strikethrough]] [the whites] landed]] [[strikethrough]] Those Whites [[/strikethrough]] " ^[[they]] had [[strikethrough]] got [[/strikethrough]] ^[[ [obtained]] their Tok-too furs of the Se-Ko Se-lah "Innuits. The skins had on the Winter ^[[coat]] (fur) "of the Took-too. None of the Kod-lu-nars
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