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1861 July 28 + [[Sunday]]

Ebierbing, Koojesse or Koopernewing in jepordy.  'Self-protection-conference' had by these 3 men Innuits - their determination to execute the 1st Great Law of Nature!
The attempt of An-nu-ar-ping to steal away Tu-nuk-de-lien noo-li-an-a of Koo-jesse & threatning to shoot her (his gun in hand) if she did not at once flee with him - Tunukdelien's excuse for a brief delay that she might get her (kum-mings) as those then upon her feet were completely worn out.
That scheme saved her life - or what is as dear, to her, her honor.  The sending off - one of his wives (A. has 2) last Winter with the message to have Koo-per-new-ung's wife come to him, [[underlined]] or she should die! [[/underlined]]

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Monday July 29th 1861

AM  49°  N.W.  Fresh Cloudy - thick clouds
M   55°  N.W.  " " [[dittos for: Fresh Cloudy]]
PM  46   N.W.  Light " [[ditto for: Cloudy]]

Last night the ice flows continued to keep the ship's Co. or so small portion of it as is now aboard, on the alert.  One of great extent bore heavily against the ship's bow for a good part of the night.  Smith, the 3d mate, came down in the night & told Capt. B. that he thought the large cable had parted from the big anchor - that a ship's length of the cable was on the flow by the bow.  It was soon found however that the flow had caught by a point under the cable & by drifting the other way from its course when it struck the ship had dragged the chain (cable) upon it as indicated.  Now (1/4 to 10 AM) the wind is blowing fresh from N.E. a flow extending across the harbor rests against the bow straining the cable.  The men now cutting away upon the ice to free it.  This done & a passage