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(6 1861 Oct 1 Tues. of entensive & careful observation & of remarkable memory seems possessed with more [[underlined]] special [[/underlined]] facts than any one I have communicated with relative to the history of Frobisher's Expedition & subsequent matters connected with it. King-weitch-che-ung (Bob") & Polly have both seen the "heavy stone", brick & coal. Have seen the trenches dug by Kod-lu-narrs. Never saw the Kod-lu-narrs who built the ship. Old Innuits long since dead had told the Innuits about Kod-lu-narrs building the ship here - & that before they got out of the Bay all died with the Cold. Kok-er-jib-in, the Innuit woman who accompanied me up Frobisher Bay last Winter, had seen Mik-uo-ook-oo-loo brick (small pieces of brick) on Kod-lu-narr - has seen the trenches - one she described as being the place where Kod-lu-narrs built a ship - from wh. they let it fall down into the tarrioke - that they started away but the ice was [[?amanenalho]] (a great deal of it). They did not get far away. Not long after [[?lasting]] they all died with Ik-ki (Cold.) [[end page]] [[start page]] 7 1861 Oct 1st Tues. The Boats came in just at night. Have seen two Whales - gave them chase - came near them but did not make fast. Too bad. Capt. B. seems - Aye - [[underlined]] he shows - deep disappointment. [[/underlined]] Whales seen almost every day, but none secured because they are so shy! I have been writing questions relative to Frobisher's Expedition & to the number of 36 that intend asking the older Innuits here through the excellent Interpreter Tuk-oo-li-too reducing their answers to writing as interpreted at the moment of their being given. A better opportunity will never occur. I wish Ugarny had brought his venerable mother along with him that I might ask her additional questions; but I must be content with what I can derive from the Innuits now here. I expect Ar-tark-pa-ru will give me much important