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1862 Jan 18 Sat. It is now quite lonesom, the natives all gone (save the Widow & little daughter) & all hands Aft. except Robt. Smith, the Steward Capt. B. & myself. Breakfast = Fried Whale Stakes Dinner = Slap Jacks & molasses Supper = Coffee & Bread + [[Sunday]] Jan 19th 1862 29.05 AM -32° N.W. Light breeze [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] 29.025 M -30 N W Modt. [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] 29.025 PM -31° N W " [[ditto for: Modt.]] [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] Smith & the Innuit widow washed & [[?scurped]] Main Cabin this Morn. early. He was unawares that it was + [[Sunday]] till I told him. The Job's Comforter on my abdomen broke forth to-day. I feel better now. I may get some sleep now. Capt. B. thinks the feet of poor Fluker look some better when he dressed them to-night. Breakfast - fried Whale Coffee & Bread Dinner = "Slap Jacks" & Molasses Supper Coffee & Bread [[end page]] [[start page]] Monday Jan 20th 1862 28.950 A.M. -30° N.W. Light Thick clouds 28.975 M -26° N.W. Fine Snow 28.8 PM -27° N.N.E. Very Light [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] (Aurora) At 8 AM Mate Lamb & Bairley arrived from the Plains, head of this Bay. They came with three dogs & sledge bringing took-too on a portion of wh. we made an excellent breakfast. Since Lamb was last here the Innuits have continued to see many rein-deer Lamb returned to his quarters Thursday Jan 2d. accompanied by Bailey. Jan 9th Bailey came down to the vessel & returned on the 13th. Since Bailey returned 13th the Innuits up there have shot 5 Rein-deer but secured only three - tho' the prospect when Lamb & Bailey left was hopeful [[end page]] [[start page]] 1862 Jan 20 Mon that the other 2 would soon be found. Two of the 5 were shot by the crippled Innuit, Old Ar-tark-pa-ru! The balance by Koo-jes-se with my rifle. Two of the three shot with my rifle were able to hobble away so that a search is required to find them wh. search is to be made to-day. A goodly proportion of the deer obtained by the Innuits escape after being shot but on following up their tracks are afterwards recovered dead. Lambs says that since he 1st went up there 12 reindeer, 34 partridges & 2 Rabbits have been secured. One of the Rabbits shot by Koo-jes-se through the head with my rifle. Old Artarkparu is a [[strikethrough]] model [[/strikethrough]] an example of perseverance. He goes out on a sledge drawn by dogs - is accompanied by his youngest son who takes care ofthe Ker-muk-sin (dogs & sledge) while he hobbles along to a hiding place behind the rocks & awaits the passage of the took-too when draws upon them oft times [[end page]] [[start page]] 1862 Jan 20 Mon with great good success! A short time after Lamb & Bailey arrived, the Innuit widow & her little daughter accompanied the Innuit boy (who came down with L. & B. from the plains) back. She has been awaiting for several days for some one of the Innuits in Countess of Warwick's Sound to come after her & her effects. But hearing of the good success up at the plains & having a wish for some of the feasts on Took-too she has gone thence. The boy drove back the dogs. Capt. B. dressed the feet of Fluker To-night. He is fearful he will yet have to amputate a part of the feet yet. There is considerable dead flesh at their extremities. I am fearful the young man will not survive. To-night a fine display of the Aurora - Several Arches extending from the East to N.W. Robt Smith, John Antom, the Steward & myself went out to-day to the Ice-berg (South) 1/2 mile off cracked off a huge hump of [[underlined]] "Frozen Water" [[/underlined]] bound it onto my Seko-Selah sledge & drew it to the vessel. Thus we draw our water. Breakfast = Venison Coffee & Bread; Dinner = Pemican Soup Supper = Coffee & Cold Pemican Soup
