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(Private Journal) (7 1861 Dec 30 Mon or enough food of almost any sort to supply my appetite, would not be. But my pemican I have handed over for preserving the lives of all belonging to the "George Henry". When I left the States my weight was 218 lbs! I do not think I now much exceed 150, or 160 lbs! I was considerably heavier than Capt B. when we were weighed by Gov Elbery at Holsteinberg, Greenland (a few days over a month after leaving the States). Now I think Capt B. will nearly equal or perhaps exceed my weight [[underlined]] when I left the States! [[/underlined]] He not only holds his own, but is constantly improving on his corpulence. While he is expanding, I am [[underlined]] drying up! [[/underlined]] [[end page]] [[start page]] Private Journal (8 1861 Dec 30 Mon "Jack", the angeko, returned to day with a team of dogs from "Countess of Warwick's Sound" where he has been to accompany a party of Innuits who have just moved over there. He says that the old man Innuit whom Smith (Robt.) accompanied has not yet succeeded in killing any seal or Took-too. He has found however a deposite of Took-too, killed "a long time ago" on wh. the family & Smith are at present living! I find that several of the men of the G.H. are each having partners selected from the 'frail fair' of the Innuits! Thus I suppose they presume they can better pass the Winter among the Innuits. The old man Innuit has a daughter of marriageable age. This the attraction of S. [[underlined]] I suppose! [[/underlined]] Mate R. starts off in a day or two for Oo-pung-ne-wing. His partner, 'frail fair', is "big-Su", (Koo-ou-le-arny). Sterry has had his since the vessel 1st made anchorage in Rescue Bay - & [[end page]] [[start page]] (9 1861 Dec 30 Mon will continue to have the same till the vessel departs. What examples for this people by those from the States! I blush for my countrymen! When shall these outrages end? Breakfast = Coffee; Sea-bread; Fried Whale Dinner = Flippers & Molasses Supper = Coffee & Bread [[note]] 9 Pages in this day's Record [[/note]] [[line across page]] Tuesday, Dec. 31 1861 29.4 AM -18° N.W. Very - Light (Light clouds) 29.35 M -11° N.W. Light - Cloudy "slightly opening at the West 29.25 P.M. -4 N W Fresh - Thick clouds At 1 this Morning I was on deck the Aurora at the S.E. - S. & S.W. making fine display. At the N. from the horizon to the Zenith & extruding from N.W. to N.E. the sky studded with more stars than I ever seen before at one time with the naked eyes in the same space. The sky was clear. The stars were [[underlined]] larger, brighter & more of them than I ever beheld before. [[/underlined]] [[end page]] [[start page]] (2 Tues Dec 31st 1861 At hX-m30 A.M. Mate Lamb arrived at the "George Henry" with a load of Vennison - three saddles! From his report the reindeer are quite plenty on the plains at the head of the Bay. Yesterday, three were shot by the Innuits - one by Koo-jes-se - One by "Jim Crow" - the other by "Hiram" - the last 2 the sons of old Ar-tark-pa-ru, Koo-jes-se his son in law. The number now killed by the Innuits up there is 5! One day (a few days since) Lamb says he went out & saw a band of 25 rein-deer! The Innuits are out after them early & late. The place where the deer are seen is on the extension plain at the head of the Bay wh. I saw on the 1st trip I made last Spring at the head of Rescue Bay. The Igloos (three) are located on this plain. The rein-deer shot by Koo-jes-se was not secured till some hours after his shot. He wounded it & followed it up as long as he could when he had to give up the chase. He started out a short time after & found the deer dead. The foxes had devoured nearly 1/2 of it - also ruined the skin
