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(6 1861 Dec 18 Wed When we were about rounding the Point of Twer-per-ju-a I told Kook-Smit that I wanted to strike direct for the S.W. side of Oo-pung-ne-wing & make another search for the desired "Heavy Stone" (Anvil). I had been urging on my Company for the purpose of gaining time that I might make considerable stop at Oo-pung-ne-wing. As by the table on preceeding page we made good time up to Twer-puk-ju-a. Kook-Smit then said that he now recollected of seeing what I sought so anxiously on the opposite side of the Bay from Ni-oun-te-lik on a point of the main land. He saw it only two years ago! This was interesting intelligence to me - a new aspect. He did not name the place - nor did I ask him to: If I had, I would have known at once the character of the "heavy stone" he remembered to have seen at Kuf-s-egeer-ark-ju-a, for this is the name the place proved to be. Hoping that the "heavy stone" of wh. Kook-Smit spoke would prove to be what I sought, I agreed to strike direct for the place pointed out by Kook-Smit. [[end page]] [[start page]] (7 1861 Dec 18 Wed. When opposite the middle of Ni-oun-te-lik, on the side where I found the deeply interesting deposites of Coal, + [[Sunday]] Aug. 11th 1861, we made a stop on the ice. While Kook-Smit & Smith took their dinners on raw, frozen Walrus, I proceeded on in the proposed direction. In about 20 minutes I looked back & saw that the team was coming. I threw myself flat down the snow & awaited its coming up. The dogs seeing me down took it into their heads that I had a seal. On this they bounded forward with the speed of swift wind. This not an unusual way of enticing dogs forward when haste is desired of them. At XII-00 (Meridian) we reached the spot to wh. Kook-Smit had induced me to bend my course. It was [[underlined]] then [[/underlined]] that I asked him the Innuit name of the place? He answered: 'Kuf-se-geer-ark-ju-a' I knew at once, that the "heavy stone" wh. Kook-Smit had seen there was one like the three I already possess; [[end page]] [[start page]] (8 1861 Dec 18 Wedns for on my visits at Kod-lu-narn last fall the Island (near Tik-koon) where the White people built a ship, very many years ago, I learned that at Kuf-se-geer-ar-ju-a - the Innuits had seen a "heavy stone" like those I found (wh. I now have) on Tik-koon & Kod-lu-narn. But as I was at Kufs-segeerarkja, or close by it, on the ice I concluded to take a look around there. So leaving Smith in charge of the team, I took Kook-Smit with me & made my way over the rough ice to the abovenamed place, Kuf-se-geer-ark-ju-a. Before leaving the sledge, however, I took a lunch on raw, frozen walrus meat wh. I eat as Kook-Smit chipped it off with the swift strokes of his snow knife. Having spent a few moments in this way, I put a handful of the chipped meat into my pocket & hastened on. Arriving to the familiar place - (at least familiar in name -), Kook-Smit pointed out the exact spot where he last saw the "heavy stone". After many kicks in the snow, exposing all the rocks beneath, [[underlined]] the sought relic was not to be found. [[/underlined]] I extended my search all around, while Kook-smit proceeded to open a deposite of blubber the Innuits made last [[end page]] [[start page]] (9 1861 Dec 18 Wedns year under the rocks close by. From this, Kook-Smit extracted 3 or 4 pieces, stringing them on his Oo-nar (spear) to carry on Kum-mi-tie to Rescue Harbor. Kus-see-geer-ark-ju-a I found to be covered over with circles of stones showing it to be a great place for Innuits to spend their Summers. These circles of stones mark out the spots where tupiks have been erected. There was the [[underlined]] frame [[/underlined]] of a Ki-a, much broken - also a medium sized Kum-mi-tie (sledge) shod with Walrus Ivory in complete order. Here also I found several rods of Iron 1/2 in diameter sticking up, firmly imbedded in ice. Once rod I found of same size 12 feet long one end firm in ice & snow, the other exposed to view. This iron came, probably, from the wrecked "Traveller" in Bear Sound. At another place, I found quite a large stick of wood within a small circle of stones. This stick appeared to be one of the roots of a tree wh. had been broken off near the trunk. Bones such as are to be found about all old Innuit encampments, were numerously scattered about. The scull & Antlers of a rein-deer, [[underlined]] entire, [[/underlined]] were here. Had there been no snow on the ground, I could have made more minute observations. From this point could
