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(6 1861 Oct 3 Thurs Village - a distance of 1/4 mile. After climbing rough rocks, traversing snow banks & sliding down ice plains, came to the point of our visit. The illuminated, numerous tupiks (12) all around us reminded me of a Village in the States in the evening. The sight one bespeaking cheerfulness, contentment - happiness - even here, amid mountains of rock & Snow - in regions almost perpetually cold & stormy. We found Shev-ek-koo's tupik & entered it. 15 minutes spent with him terminated on his agreeing to accompany me to Oo-pung-ne-wing as one of my crew. Thence we went to one of the Innuuits' tupiks who recently came from "Northumberland Inlet" - his name Ook-sing. After a long talk he also [[?]] go. By the by, our 1st call in this village on Ar-tark-pa-ru. Found that [[?]] retired - sick! So here [[underlined]] Obstacle No1 [[/underlined]] to [[?]] to-morrow the time intended - I [[?]] made my engagements with the balance [[?]] to start day following - (Saturday). If A. [[?]] [[end page]] [[start page]] (7 1861 Oct 3 Thurs pa-ru is unable to start then, must go without him, as longer delay will not do. The Company engaged consists of Ar-tark-pa-ru = Boat Steerer E-bier-bing = (Interpreter) Koo-ter-ne-ung (= "Mr. Miner") Shev-ek-koo Ook-sing Koo-ter-ne-ung ("Susy") The crew is a capital one - that is for Innuits. I intend to be gone 7 or 8 days. Storms may prolong the time. The crew engaged, we returned to village No1 from whence I departed for the vessel with an Innuit crew that I was obliged to gather for the purpose or remain ashore to-night. Capt. B., on my [[strikethrough]] going ashore [[/strikethrough]] leaving the vessel to-night, told me to talk him the result of my [[strikethrough]] going ashore to engage a crew [[/strikethrough]] endeavors to make up a crew, as soon as I came aboard; but as I find he is in the "Land of dreams" I will not disturb him - tho' he told me [[underlined]] if he was asleep, [[/underlined]] to wake him up.
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