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(6 1861 July 29 Mond. wanted to strike direct from Home - (or rather I might say to Og-bier-sier-u-ping for an Innuit's Home is anywhere) that is - follow down the middle of the Bay, taking advantage of the tide, but after an hour's progress a strong head wind came up obliging R & his crew to make back to the tupiks they left in the Morning. There they brot. to, at X. night. Stopped there that night - next morning 8 O'Clk under way again. At this place R. says Ebierbing wept like a child. At 1st he (R.) was at a loss for the cause of it - but soon found it was where he (E.) had spent many of his childhood days when his father & mother were living. At XI P.M. of Friday R. arrived with crew where I parted from them on the Morning of Wedns. 24th. [[underlined]] During 4 hours of the last part of R's trip it rained & blowed hard. [[/underlined]] His crew killed many ducks & eat them raw - they generously offered R. his share but he says he could not go that. Four months to-morrow since Mate R. left the vessel for Og-bin-seer-o-ping. He says that he would willingly go it 4 months longer if he found anything promising to do. [[end page]] [[start page]] 1861 July 29 Mond. Mate Rogers continued his communication to me for nearly an hour. Relatve to the "An-Koot", An-n-ar-ping he said: Three days before I & Smith with crew arrived at Og-beir-see-o-ping, An-Koot's 2 wives arrived with a message from him (An-Koot) whose tupik was back upon the mountains between the Bays Rescue & Frobisher, that that Kood-jesse should exchange wives with him, that is, that Koo-jesse should retain the one he pleased of his (A's wives) & send him his - "Isabel" (Tu-nuk-de-lien). Though Koo-jes-se is a good disciple of An-Koot a firm (or has been) in his (A's) powers yet in this matter he would not consent to exchange wives even for a brief time. He gave decisive answers all summed up in the words He for one [[underlined]] Would not do it! [[/underlined]] The 2 wives of An-Koot returned with their mission unsuccessful as it was. An-Koot was enraged. He descended from the mountains himself & entered the quiet village of Tupiks & tried his best to