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[[boxed]] 1862 May 19 Mon [[/boxed]] [[in blue]] [[encircled]] 4 [[/encircled]] [[/in blue]] & 2 other Innuits that had arrived to the Island this morning assisted in getting the sledge to firm ice travelling. On bidding the former good bye tears at parting with me streamed down his dusky face. Noble Innuit, How endeared thou art to me. Surrounded as I have been since leaving the vessel with false, base hearted creatures that have acted more like [[underlined]] d - ls [[/underlined]] than I even thought any one of the human kind could. Thou noble Sharkey, has stood by me ready to do my bidding [[strikethrough]] kindly [[/strikethrough]] treating me ^[[as kindly ]] as thou hast dared to do. God be praised, I am out of the presence of Koo-jes-se, Jennie & [[strikethrough]] Tunk [[/strikethrough]] Tu-nuk-de-lien who have been combined to make a complete Hell for me for a greater portion of this time while they have been with me on this sledge "journey. Well I earn pa^[[i]]nt in true colors the conduct of those named parties while on this trip? Perhaps it were better that I never make the attempt. A sledge journey for exploration is quite endurance enough for any man in this country but add to this the company of those whose greatest delight is to torment, annoy, frustrate - to bite [[strikethrough]] the [[[/strikethrough]] & sting the very hand & heart that befriends & feeds them, it requires aid from on High to stem the torment & surmount such difficulties as I have. When I cast an introspective look & reflect on what I have in reality passed through I am struck with wonderment that I have been able to accomplish what little I have. At X - 50 AM when under way on fair ice travelling 1 mile from place 10 & 19 Encs by the circuitous turns of Ice-foot lining the shore - [[strikethrough]] stunchk [[/strikethrough]] stretch direct across the Channel bet. Ki-ki- [[strikethrough]] ki [[/strikethrough]] tuk-ju-ou-sen & Ki-ki-tuk-ju-a reaching the N.W. termination of the latter [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1862 May 19 Mon [[/boxed]] [[?]] Island [[?]] in about 2 hours a distance exceeding 2 Miles thence took a course along the N.E. coast (off-shore) of Ki-ki-tuk-ju-a down the Bay. At 3 - 50 P.M. arrived ^[[opposite]] a small [[strikethrough]] Island [[/strikethough]] where Bill, wife & infant went ashore for [[?]]. One Innuit family only on the Island here Bill's wife borrowed an extra jacket, a ^[[severe]] snow storm from S.E. coming on. The heavens looked so unfavorable that I almost decided to make a ^[[night]] stop here but finding no objection on the part of my Innuit dog driver, concluded to push on. At VIII - PM passed the S. E. end Noo-Xam, after much delay in finding [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] way through the intrusions of broken hummocky ice. It was [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] near the N. W. tip of this island (wh is about 2 ms long) that I made my 3d & 5th encs going up. Here the storm met[[guess]] us furiously filling the air with its glowing thickness - yet I determined to push on "Bill" being quite willing to travel all night. At 10 P.M. it became impossible to proceede farther on [[strikethrough]] a[[?]] [[/strikethrough]] account of the driving storm. The snow completely blinding the humans vision organs. Therefore we made for land some 2 or 3 miles N. W. of Que-jin where King-u-an-ping with his snow knife proceeded to build a small & comfortable Igloo into wh. six of us including baby spent a hot night or rather morning for it was passed midnight when we got into sleeping quarters. [[bottom 1/4 page blank]] [[end od page]]
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