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will that he will find of burning indignity in it all!

But I am silent in words -[[strike-through]] but [[/strikethrough]] a [[thundering?]] ^ [[horseman?]] going on within- its [[mutterings?]] will be kept till I get to the ship [[underline]]if I even do. [[/underline]]I must any [[?]] I believe my life in danger - but God is with me here and every when - if I die at the hands of this treacherous people I die in faith that I am in the performance of my duty. God deliver me from such [[?]] and I have [[witneped?]] amany the men [[limits?]] I have with me. Consultations - [[underline]] savage [[/underline]] looks [[ written in black ink]] one [[/black ink]] man + then to be seen
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The women I am [[both?]] the brother. There may be a day when I can again visit this Bing + do the Work for which I [[any agent?]] my present company- but it will have to be with a company of [[underline]] Civilized [[/underline]] men!


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Transcription Notes:
many gaps in transcribing, please review --- I have reviewed and made changes, please review to try to fill in the gaps I was unable to decipher. Note from reviewer mandc: I found the passage in Hall's book (Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux, p.422) based on these notes. "I am silent in words; a thundering, however, is going on within. Its mutterings will be kept till I get to the ship, if 1 ever do. 1 must say that I believe my life is in danger; but God is with mo here and every where. If I die at the hands of this treacherous people, I die in faith that I am in the performance of my duty. God deliver me from such scenes as I have witnessed among the men Iiniuits I have with me. Consultations, savaje looks, are now and then to be seen. * * * * " The sooner I am back the better. There may be a time when I can again enter this bay to do the work for which I engaged my present company, but it will have to be with a company of civil- ized men.