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10th Enc. Monday May 5th 1862 AM +26° NW Fine M +40° NW Light Fair PM +20° NW " " This Morning Koo-jes-se harnessed up the dogs & went over to place 9th Enc. distance 5 3/10 miles [[?]] & brought back the Ki-a (single man boat) belonging to Kup-se-geer & several of tent poles belonging to same party. Koo-Jes-se wishes the use of this Ki-a in getting Walrus while I am my trip up the Bay. Kook-kin ever on the watch for Seals, walrus & with my spy saw a Seal on the ice between this Island & Ki-ki-tuk-ju-a. He hastened to get his gun & proceed after it in direction of Seal. Two hours after he returned when he immediately sent his noo-loo-ar-a (Kun-ni-u) with 2 dogs to drag it in. By the by for some reason unknown to me before he sent her, he gave her 2 severe taps on the head & shoulders with the stock end of his gun. Innuits inflict severe chastisements on their wives oft times. Sharkey took his gun to-day &went out gunning on the Island. Out of a flock of 1/2 oz. Partridges he shot two & brought them in. Partridges are quite numerous about here. They approach within gun shot of the 3 Igloos here. Yesterday I heard the peculiar humming ^[[or drumming]] noise made with their wings when flying before I was up. A flock came & visited us to-day stopping on the steep rocks overhanging our Igloo. The Innuits jumped for their guns but they started on the wing before triggers could be pulled. Too-muk-de-lien [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed date]] 1862 May 5 Mon [[/boxed date]] this AM took her wing-a's (Koo-jes-se's) gun & went out hunting. She did not succeed in killing any thing but saw a flock of Partridges & one Rabbit while out. "Bill" who went in pursuit of the partridges that came near Igloo this P.M. a short time after brought in to me a little Bird who he shot while out. It was wounded only. I am not acquainted with the kind. The Innuits call it Koo--per-ne-ung Tu-nuk-de-lien offers to take [[strikethrough]]off[[/strikethrough] out its flesh portions that I may preserve it as a specimen. Innuits say that it sing finely. Kun-ni-u returned with the Seal wh. Koo-kin had shot IV PM. The town including the writer was at once invited to a Seal Feast out in the open air in front of Koo-kin's Igloo. Of course I done my share in eating ^[[?much]]Blood warm Seal. [[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] Amazing to see the crowd scoop with hands coagulated blood & soup it down as if nectar. An hour after I received another invitation ^[[from Koo-kin]] to sup on cooked Seal. The place of assembled guests was up on the rocks where Seal was cooked by burning moss. There I sat feasting with generous warm hearted Innuits Kin-gaite & the blue mirror water of Bay of Frobisher before me - the Sun pouring forth its glorious rays as if ^ to ^[[say]] Peace, plenty & happiness be thine children of Him whose love I obey. No Walrus were seen on any drifting ice to-day. In fact from the floe on Sea ward [[?trone]] (no ice of any account [[strikethrough]]drifting[[/strikethrough]] drifting - all clear water To night "Bill" An-koo-ting - An alarm raised & all Knives hid away again [[strikethrough]]in antit[[/strikethrough]]] anticipating that he ^[[would]] [[strikethrough]]will[[/strikethrough]] call around as he did at 7th Enc. but he did not make the expected call. This eve Koo-kin went up with me on the Island to take a look around. "Jessie" (Sharkey's wife) has had the "sulks" all day. He has sad trials with her almost every day. She is a very [[?disagreeable]] Innuit woman - acting the very d--l in & out excepting [[?accurioudly]] [[end page]]
