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Twer-puk-chu-un-churn
At 1st Enc.
within 2 miles
of the Cape N. side
entrance
"Rescue Bay"
distance made
6 84/100 miles
on course
S. 59° E.
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On sledge to explore Budington Bay - E-bier-bing my dog driver
Saturday, June 7th 1862
20° AM NW smart breeze cloudy
45° N NW " " [[sun symbol]] out dimly
35° PM NW Light [[underlined]] fair [[/underlined]]
Started from ship VIII-25 AM My course leading me down past Rescue Harbor. Before leaving ship compared Chrons as seen here:
Compare Chros.{ Rescues's 0hXII-m51-[["h7"]]
{ G. H. XII- 27- 00
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Rescue's F. on GH = 24- 07
Found sledging good - for the time of the season - As the sun became higher & higher, snow softened. Walking out of the question. A one steps into the snow down he goes, Knee-deep - while the broad shape of the runners keep the loaded sledge up. Dogs & sledge make it feasible travelling. At X-45 AM arrived at the Tupiks of Ebierbing & Kood-loo where I made my 1st Enc. I intended starting much earlier from the ship but as it has turned out it is well I did not. The probability that my life as well as that of my Innuit attendant has been providentially saved by the delay for on arriving here & going up on to a point of land overlooking the Bay & see outside I & Ebierbing saw to our surprised that the ice had [[hole in page]] just set off commencing (from appearance) [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] at the [[strikethrough]] ?enter of [[/strikethrough]] the S.E. E point of the land on S side of Rescue Bay [[?extrening]] many miles Northerly - the enlarging [[?crevasse]] running near the Cape on this (N) side of the entrance to Rescue Bay & up as far as I [[?position]] would enable us to see with a good spy. Now it was my purpose to start early (by 12 midnight) round the Cape indicated & travel several miles off shore direct for Budington Bay.
Had I accomplished this purpose we would now have been adrift, for the very ice that would have been the basis
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1862
June
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Sat
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of my sledging is now being driven out to sea. Surely God hath again saved me in a signal manner while prosecuting another journey to Oo-kood-lear (Budington) Bay. It is now doubtful about my being able to reach the point of my destination by sledging. When the weather becomes favorable shall make the attempt. Not finding it practicable shall hope to make the trip by boat before the ship is released from her icy prison.
Found "John Bull" & his Kok-en-zhun here - also little Oo-kood-lear. By the by the latter named when I 1st saw her had the ribs & vertebrae - in fact nearly the complete skelleton of a Took-too (rein deer) before her from wh. she was attempting to pick off the little meat adhering to it!
Of course I made a call on Old Oo-ki-jox-y-ne-noo who I found sitting in her Tupik stark naked -the old lady panting ^[[like an Innuit Mik-ku (dog) with the heat! I hope to get her into proper humor for a talk before I leave - she is not so ^[[to-day]]. The name of this place "Twer-puk-ju-a chune", [[underlined]] Twer-puk [[/underlined]] meaning small storm, many of wh. are along shore. I make my stop in Ebierbing's Tupik. The number of dogs for my sledge team 10 only two of my "Greenlanders" in it. One (Me-luk) I had to leave at the ship - being on the sick list. The poor fellow cannot survive long. His complaint one that - [[underlined]] would not look well on paper [[/underlined]]. The only parties left aboard Steward & Fluker.
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Transcription Notes:
See page 543 in Hall's book.
