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1861
June
3
Mond.
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"died there. They all went away
"in boats - & the Innuits never saw
"or heard of them more.]
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In the year 1856 Too-look Ka had visited Oo-koud land stopped.  Capt. B. [[was live?]] in the Spring of /56 - All [[?]] returned Se-Ko Se-lah Winter 1856 - 7
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[[strikethrough]] In the ^[[winter years]] 1856 & the Winter of 1857 & 8 [[/strikethrough]]
The winter of 1858 & 9 Capt. Budington with the "Georgiana" spent at Kou-tuck-ju-a, ^[["Bill" Nu]] a harbor in Budington Bay (Oo-Kood-lean). ^[[Son of]] one of these Seko Selah Innuits, (Too-look-ha-ha) was there (said Winter of 1858 & 9) at Kou-tuk-ji-a & saw Capt. Budington who is his particular friend.  Early in the season of 1859 ^[["Bill" ( son of]] Too-look-ka-ha, before the ice was gone, [[strikethrough]] he [[/strikethrough]] returned to Seko-Selah (his home)  Then it was that he ^[[ [[strikethrough]] Bill [[/strikethrough]] "Bill" Son of]] (Too-look-ka-^[[ha]]) [[strikethrough]] he has learned [[/strikethrough]] first heard about the Kod-lu-nars (Whites) having come among the Innuits at Kou-mo-wong a place farther down (toward the big Sea)  The way the Seko-Selah Innuits heard of it was by an Innuit who saw the two Kodlunan Boats & the Whites in them [[strikethrough]] having [[/strikethrough]] at Kou-mo-wong

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1861
June
3
Mond
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8
The year after the Boats & Whites were seen, [[strikethrough]] ^[[by]] [[/strikethrough]] this Innuit arrived at Se-Ko Se-lah.
     As well as I could ascertain from various questions asked of these communicative Seko Selahs, the Kodlunurs were at Kou-mo-wong in the fall of 1858 - two years ago last fall three years from the ^[[coming]] fall (of 1861)
Now I proceede to state where I have found Se-Ko-Se-Lah to be.  I have in my journal stated that it was "King's Cape" of Fox, at the Western entrance (N. side) of Hudson Straits.  To-day I have reason for thinking it not so.  I have induced
Ook-goo [[strikethrough]] k [[/strikethrough]] -al-lo
to sketch me, on paper, 'his Country'.  By this sketch [[underlined]] Se-Ko - Se-lah [[/underlined]] is East of King's Cape extending along the coast North side Hudson's Strait, Say from Long. 75[[degree symbol]] W. Easterly 1 Degree, in portion ^[[of]] which would fill the blur[[?]] on Parry's ^[[Chart]] of Northern shore Hudson Strait (See Parry's ^[[Chart in]] 2d, voyage for the discovery of ^[[N.W. Passage)]]