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Tuesday May 20th 1862 +18[degree symbol] A.M. S.E. Gale with snow +20[degree symbol] M S.E. " " " [[dittos for: Gale with snow]] +23[degree symbol] P.M. S.E. Fresh cloudy. From 20th Enc. Started VII A.M. greatly refreshed by our morning's sleep. Had it not been for the three who should not have accompanied me on this return trip to-wit - Kinny-u-un-ping's wife, infant & big girl - in all adding ^[[an extra]] 200 lbs or more to our load. Should have reached Oo-pung-ne-wing last night. Very annoying oft times the conduct of Innuits. At 8 - 15 AM arrived to the Cape of Que-jine at a very slow speed the snow storm having destroyed the good travelling of yesterday - At 1 - 50 PM arrived to a place near Twer-puk-ju-a where we were obliged to make a Course over a narrow neck of Land called by Innuits Ee-tin-nop-ping [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] from the fact of its being a Pass for many sledges. Could not round the point of Twer-puk-ju-a on account of the ice of Bay of Frobisher having been broken up & drifted out since my passing up. Before reaching this land pass had much difficulty in making over ice fissure that occured every four rods. Here I must add a word of commendation to the care & caution ^[[exercised by]] my Innuit dog driver during our travel from 20th Enc to Oo-pung-ne-wing. Very many ice cracks were passed that were not perceptiable to an unprotected eye. It seems the late storms have broken the floe & made many wide openings Into ^[[& over]] these of ru[[?]] snow has been driven [[strikethrough]] [[?.]] N [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1862 May 20th Tues [[/boxed]] One walking along without exercising [[underlined]] Innuit [[/underlined]] precaution would be caught in some of the man traps - he would step along on [[/underlined]] apparently [[/underlined]] an unbroken pathway of finely impacted [[strikethrough]] wh [[/strikethrough]] ^[[when]] all at once - down [[strikethrough]] he [[/strikethrough]] would go perhaps to rise no more. In some cases [[strikethrough]] to - day [[/strikethrough]] ^[[to -]] day the first indication of there being a crevice would be the sight of the [[strikethrough]] th [[/strikethrough]] dogs struggling to [[strikethrough]] geth [[/strikethrough]] get themselves out of the water into wh they had fallen by frailty of the snow bridge uniting the floes. Dangerous travelling when ice is in such condition as now along on N.E. Coast of Bay of Frobisher. A most dangerous passage we made over the ice between the Islands of Ni-own-te-lik & Oo-pung-ne-wing this PM. Kning-u-an-ping prospecting a feasible route for sledge with my Compass tripod over ^[[the tide]] addled ice covered with firm appearing show drifts. Yesterday & to-day travelled by the edge ^[[of the floe]] Arrive Oo-pung-ne-wing IV - 00 PM. found that Capt. B. & his ship's Company ^[[except Sterry]] had left there 15 days before for Oo-bier-seer-o-ping. As my Innuit dog driver was suffering from blindness caused by the pelting storm concluded to leave him at Oo-pung-ne-wing - get a fresh team& driver & proceede at once to ship. Immediately made arrangements with Koo-pur-neu-ung (Charley) who was on of my Boat's crew on my 2d voyage up Bay of Frobisher to me to the ship with fresh team of dogs. While he was engaged getting them together traded with the numerous Innuits at Oo-pung-ne-wing for "Kow" for the team of dogs. I had to make my trip up & down Bay of F. "Kow" brought forth, cut up & given to the dogs before I left. Ook-sin gave me a large piece of raw Ook-gook meat for a lunch while fresh team
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