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[[boxed date]] 1862 Apr 23 Wedn [[/boxed date]] The present of mine to O of pipe & tobacco. This appreciation of these articles beyond ordinary estimation. The Ter-bou-e-tie & shaking hands with all - especially with Ook-gook-al-loo & mother Pe-ta-to. Started from 8th Enc 11 A.M. The travelling good but up & down from the Snow wreaths moving in the direction nearly at right angles from my Course. Take Meridianal obs. make only the distance started 5 1/0 miles when Koo-jes-se & Sharkey desire to stop make Igloo & try - to-morrow for Seals below here. Provisions being low cannot object. Stop 9th Enc h2-m37 PM. This PM make obs for Sun Bearings &c (see Log Book). This eve the 3 dogs I traded for of the Innuits at 9th Enc. were missing. The remainder of the dogs harnessed up & Henry with them proceeded back to the 8th (last Enc) for the run aways. Henry started IX-39 & returned X-30 having made10 1/5 Nautical miles in one hour ^[[ got but one of the dogs, the other 2 probably at place 7th enc.]] Says that he was delayed 10 minutes at place 8th Enc. If so made 10 1/5 miles in 50 minutes. Old mother Pe-ta-to sends 'Te-bon-e-tie (a smooth happy life to you always). Where encamped (9th Enc) Kin-gaite Coast for 50 to 75 miles in plain view 1/2 the distance above & 1/2 below. [[1/3 of the rest of the page is blank]] [[end of page]] [[beginning of page]] [[note in left margin]] 9th Enc. [[/note in left margin]] Thursday Apr 24 1862 AM -10 Stiff Gale with snow from NW M -3 " " " " " "" PM -7° " " " " " "" All of us have kept within to-day - not only within Igloo but mostly [[underlined]] in bed [[/underlined]]. Ook-took (fire fuel) nearly all gone - of course fire-light small March was a warm pleasant month compared with the present. Therm. now & then down 42° below freezing point. [[about one-fourth of the page left blank]] [[note in left margin]] 9th Enc [[/note in left margin]] Friday Apr 25th 1862 A.M. -16° NW Gale with drift M -5° NW " " " P.M. -12° NW At hXI-m00 All Sharkey & Koo-jes-se went out in the very [[?teeth]] of the gale in the direction of the open water few miles below to secure Seals if possible. They returned VI PM. Went to the open water saw am-a-su-ad- loo (a great many) Kel-le-la-yous (White Whales) & Meituks (Ducks) but the Gale prevented operation in way of securing any. We are now quite hard up for provisions as well as fuel. When out of fuel [[underlined]] out of water [[/underlined]]. We are now mostly on dog food underlined]] 'Kou' [[/underlined]] (Walrus hide) [[underlined]] with fur on [[/underlined]] [[end of page]]
Transcription Notes:
"Started from 8th Enc 11 A.M." According to Hall's book he was at 9th Encampment for ten days, 22 April until 1st May 1862 (pp 515-16). So some date confusion re this page or perhaps he meant "Started from Enc 9"?
