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[[boxed date]] 1862 Apr 18th Fri [[/boxed date]] Kun-ni-u (Koo kin's wife) has a fine babe well covered over with beads & buttons as ornament on it. I regretted to hear the death of Koo-kin's old mother [[strikethrough]]at [[/strikethrough]] as I brought up the brick or the portion of one that one of her sons gave to me saying that the old lady had obtained the same on Ni-own-te-lik many years ago. I wished to make enquries of her about it. But she is dead - died this (Last) Winter. Finding that Koo-Kin had good supply of "kou" (Walrus hide) traded with him for some for my dogs. Henry cut it up into long narrow sliced in Koo-kin's Igloo while I was there & fed up the gogs one by one. How ravenous the poor things are! They are like Wolves when hungry. When I get through with my visits returned where I am & found that Sharkey & Koo-jes-se had our Igloo completed & that the lady portion of my Co. was busily engaged arranging inside appliances. Old Allokee, Kip-se-gran & Kopeo ^[[kindly]] assisted in making the Igloo. At VII PM Oo-soo-kar-lo came into the Village. In fact one of the Igloos here is his. I enquired for his mother Pe-tat-to. He pointed to a black spot away out in the ice signifying: there she is * Coming. I was delighted in this as I have been anxious of having another talk with her about Frobisher's Expedition in this Bay. I awaited her arrival. As she came over the high cast-ice, I went [[strikethrough]] her [[/strikethrough]] & greeted her with shakes of the hands & cry of [[strikethrough]] Ae-sa [[/strikethrough]] "As-shu-e-tid-ley"! She is quite aged yet good for a walk of 15 to 20 miles in a day. Before the Sun went down the team that had gone for a load of Walrus Beef returned bringing in as much as the 14 strong dogs could drag. This was soon distributed among the Innuits & placed [[end of page]] [[beginning of page]] [[boxed date]] 1862 Apr 18 Fri [[/boxed date]] in the meat holes opening from the [[strikethrough]] floor [[/strikethrough]] inside of Igloos. To-night Oo-soo-kar-loo sent for me. On entering her Igloo she handed me a large luxurious piece 9weighing about 10 lbs) of now frozen Venison. This he gave me. After making [[?enough]] for several slices of it within my abdominal [[?parstry]], & giving Henry as much, I [[strikethrough]] took [[/strikethrough]] ^[[brought]] the remainder to our Igloo 7 gave the meat to my Company ^[[when they had]] a "set-down" to it. I receive invitations every few minutes to call at this or that Igloo. When I respond a Feast awaits me. Of course tobacco is something if not sort or of ammunition kind is wanted by all. The Great Call is for face! to face!! Oo-soo-kar-loo says that he got small piece (1/2 plug) of Mine to-day & had to give a great proportion of an Took-gook skin for it. To -[[?bulls]] is highly prized by all - I was amused while on Kod-larn Island feasting while I ate his meat, his wife & little ones smoked my pipe! [[?another]] would make a such [[?figure]] a puff & then pass it to Kar-nei-ung's wife. She sucked & pufed, then his 3 children on following another according to age, the youngest 1st were allowed to do the same while Koo-kin held the pipe! Round after round was then made in that family circled with one fired tobacco pipe. [[end page]]
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See page 514 - 515 of Hall's book.
