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2d day at 1st
Encampt.
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+ [[for Sunday]] June 8th 1862
33° AM S.W. Strong - haile & snow
47° M S.W. Gale - Thick clouds
37 PM NW Light Thick weather
The weather unpropitious for making any attempt to starting out to-day. The Gale will made end [[?havock]] with the ice in the direction I desire to go. I am thankful that I escaped [[strikethrough]] from [[/strikethrough]] going adrift yesterday as I surely would, had I been two or three hours earlier. At h2-m00 PM to-day, Kar-nei-ung ("Sharkey"), the laughing Innuit, arrived here with dogs & sledge, having been to the ship & now on his way back to Og-bier-seer-o-ping. The She d - l "Jennie", is with him. Kar-nei-ung says that he took a letter from Capt. B. to the ship for me. He stops here to-day intending to cross the Bay on his route to where Capt. B. is to-night. He has been up for his Ki-a wh. he has on his sledge. They have got no more Walrus at Og-bier-seer-o-ping there having been too much wind to go out in Boats. Wrote a letter this P.M. to Capt. B. & sent same by "Sharkey" who started off at hVI-m30 P.M. Given the a/c of my change of place, for visiting "Countess of Warwick's sound" to that of making sledge journey to Oo-kood-lear.
This P.M. I suggested to Tuk-oo-li-too that I wanted to have a talk with Old Oo-ki-jox-y-ni-noo. She thought I had better delay until my return as the old lady is sadly bemoaning over her sick great grand child, a little on eyed boy, who is indeed quite sick in hi Tupik with the old woman unless she feels just right. I have found that there is a right time & a wrong time for a person to make attempts to gain information of the old Innuits. My last interview with Old Petato showed that she was all out of humor for a good "talk". My first conversation with her was carried on in excellent spirit on her part. Her whole soul entered into the great subject of our conversation - the history of Frobisher's Expedition here.
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Monday June 9th 1862
36 AM N. Light -snow storm
40° M N. Fresh " "
30° PM N. " " "
During the night almost constant fall of snow - it melting as fast as if descended, drizzling through the Tupik & wetting occupants & effects. The clouds & fog have closed in all land except what is not more distant than a mile - Now VII AM &but little prospect of my starting to-day. I must have middling fair weather to make the journey from here to the point of my destination. My trip I am now on is to connect by observations the Coast between here & Budington Bay - & to survey that Bay - therefore I seek to improve every opportunity presented by fair weather to push on - It is now snowing fast - & melting fast as it comes down.
hVIII-PM This P.M. the thick clouds that covered the land all around lifted up a short time. I went over the rise close by & commenced taking a few bearings&C but ere many minutes transpired snow storm from the N. recommenced wh. ended my work in that line. This PM eat of a dish new to me - a favorite luxury however among the Innuits. It consisted of the contents of a Took-too (Rein deer) paunch mixed with water & Ook-sook. "Jennie", wife of Kood-loo, made up one dish in the best style for me. Kok-en-zhun, wife of "John Bull" another - both of wh. I made a rich meal for me! Strange acts we mortals perform in our lives. The Innuits name of this compound [[in pencil]] Nep-ou-kong
It has been snowing nearly all day. The snow on the ice very soft & wet. I await passable weather before making a trial of pushing up to the point of my destination.
This evening I had retired to my sleeping bag when a conversation commenced between myself & Tuk-a-lik-too who sat at her usual place in her Tupik. The subject matter of our talk: Old Oo-ki-jox-y-ni-noo - I became so interested that I finally requested T. to improve the present moment while her babe was asleep beside me, in just calling on Oo-ki-jox-y-ni-noo & having a little chat with her relative to the visit of White men a long time ago in the
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See page 543 in Hall's book.
