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Thursday Jan 9th 1862 29.0 AM -22° N.E. Light Cloudy & thick 28.9 M -18° N.E. Mod. Breeze Cloudy & thk 28.85 PM -12° N.E. " " " " [[dittos for: Mod. Breeze Cloudy & thk]] At hOne-m30 PM a Kem-muk-sin (dogs sledge) came rapidly from the N.E. to the vessel. Fifteen minutes after, Bailey & Comstock arrived having allowed the dogs to have a run to the vessel without any load. Bailey has been absent 8 Days. They report that yesterday Innuit "Jim Crow" saw a group of six rein-deer - fired at one wounded it badly, but it effected its escape. Koo-jes-se saw a group of 60 - snapped two caps but the gun failed to respond. Partridges plenty - the Innuits have shot 20 since Lamb went up - have also killed one rabbit. Ebierbing & Kood-loo with sledge & dogs went out to-day to try the travelling by the route leading from the head of this Bay to Budington Bay. After proceeding a few miles, returned reporting they found the snow a less obstacle than they expected. Ebierbing & Kood-loo made this preliminary trip with the object of moving their families up to Oo-Kood-lear (Budington Bay) if they found the travelling passable. Lamb sent 2 small pieces Venison - enough for breakfast to-morrow. The prolonged discussion to-night between Capt B. & myself, subject: "The South"! Breakfast = Coffee & Bread Dinner = Pemican Supper = Coffee, Bread & "Blk. Skin". [[end page]] [[start page]] Friday, Jan 10th 1862 28.85 AM -10° N W Fresh Cloudy, but open clds 28.85 M -16° N W Strong " " " " [[dittos for: Cloudy, but open clds]] 28.9 PM -22° N W Fresh Fair (Moon & Venus) One year ago to-day since starting on my trip with Ebierbing & Tuk-oo-li-too for Budington Bay where I spent many days. Was absent from ship 43 days, sleeping 42 nights in Ig-loo. Annawa & family started off this morning for "Countess of Warwick's Sound". He has to return for balance of his things. Ebierbing & Koodloo started off to-day with a load of their effects intending to go as far as they can, depositing them & returning to-day. If fair to-morrow, Ebierbing removes his family intending to go to Oo-Kood-lear where he will remain till about the time the ship breaks out - when He & T. will return to be in readiness to go with me to America. At 4 PM Smith (Robt. Smith) returned being unable to stand it longer. Have eaten up all the "Black Skin" he carried over & as the old Innuit has been unsuccessful in sealing, Smith concluded [[end page]] [[start page]] (2 1862 Jan 10 Fri to make for the ship with "bag & baggage". Smith has been absent since he last left the vessel 8 days! The old Innuit went out sealing few days since, was gone 3 days & nights but returned unsuccessful. Tuk-oo-li-too visited me to-day. While here I got her to act Interpreter in conversing with "Sharkey" relative to the island Resolution & the smaller ones near it. The Innuit name of "Resolution" Island. Too-jar-too-ark - a smaller one to the N.W. of it. One N. of it Too-ja Och-pun One W. Too-jar-oo-chin Och-pun is a small Island, high & all rock. Resolution Island (Too-jar-too-ark) is a large high Island (but not so high as Och-bun) A great many years ago plenty Took-too on Too-jar-too-ark but they all died because the [[end page]] [[start page]] (3 1862 Jan 10 Fri Took-too food was all gone! Can see Och-pun & Too-jar-too-ark from the highest land on N side Frobisher Bay - say from Og-bier-see-u-ping or the land near Lupton Strait. Innuits never cross the Bay direct to either of the above Isds from the N. side but go up to Ki-Ki-tuk-ju-a then across to Kin-gaite side & follow the coast S.E. [[underlined]] Very high & strong tide [[/underlined]] around those islands & around the point of main land (Kin-gaite) next to them. Cannot see land on South side Hudson Strait from the Coast N Side said strait. I asked the question if Innuits could not see land on other side said Strait from the high land of Kin-gaite? Sharkey said Innuits cannot go to top said high land on account of Se-ko (ice) up there all the time!
