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1861 July 30 Tues.

Cincinnati, O. x
[[note]] x Allen & Sons Druggists of Cin. O. furnished a part of the Medicines.  Hall N.Y. Mar/62 [[/note]]
[[note]] (See 2 pages Supplement July 30  H) [[/note]]

2d Night in Tupik
Wednesday, July 31st/61

AM  Wind N.E. blowing almost a Gale - rain
M   " [[ditto for: Wind]] N E a Gale & rain
P.M. " [[ditto for: Wind]] N.E. Moderate " " [[dittos for: & rain]]

The 1st object of interest this Morning was the announcement by [[?Tuk-ar-li-too]] who preceeded all of us in getting up & going out & sighting the "George Henry".  She cried out that the [[?Oo-men-ark-ju-arn]] (ship) was coming back was nearly up the Bay opposite our Island.  I was soon up & out.  It was indeed so.  I watched her till she dropped anchor N.W. of this 2 miles off.
This a wise move for had Capt. B. attempted to proceed, the Gale would have swept her perhaps upon the tongue of Land S. side of the

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1861 July 31 Wedns.

Bay.  At 12 M. the Gale was furious.  I have been upon the hill top many times to-day to see if the G. Henry weathered it.  One time I was alarmed thinking as I was peering at her with anxious eye that I saw she was dragging anchor.  A few minutes sighting happily proved she was firm in her anchorage.
The restless painful night of Ebierbing, [[?Tuk-oo-li-too]] & Suzhy alarmed.  The former oft in tears.  The aunt in the hour of midnight goes out & brings in Jennie Kood-loo's wife (who is an An-koot).  She takes her position (sitting Inuit way) in one corner of the Tupik facing from us, & proceedes.   The seriousness of all.  The oft replies on exclamations of Suzhy Tuk-oo-li-too & Ebierbing.  The effect capital on Ebierbing he becomes quiet & finally sleeps well.
However strange it may appear to some yet it is a fact that the An-Koot does effect a seeming benefit - a charm - upon the sufferer.  The mind being diverted from all thought of the clay house to something above which the [[underlined]] soul [[/underlined]] aspires to reach