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5th Day
out -
1st Encampt.
Oo-pung-n
e-wing.
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Saturday Apr 5th 1862
AM - 10[[degree symbol]] Wind almost a gale from W. snow ^[[ [flying thickly]]
M + 6[[degree symbol]] N.W. Light, Fair
PM - 10[[degree symbol]] N.W. very light [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] = 
{ Aurora 
{ over Bay 
{ of Frobisher
{ F[[?]]
Still at Oo-pung-ne-wing!
On getting out of Igloo this morning was disappointed in finding the weather unfavorable for an early start. As I have made it a general rule in making boat & sledge journeys in this country to adhere to the advice of the Innuits. I consulted to await starting till the wind should abate Koo-jes-se & "Sharkey" assuring me the wind was too strong ^[[ahead]] & cold to think of starting to enable me to do the work on the way I deserved.
As the wind was from the West - in a favorable direction to the party wishing to get to the Ship the wind being to their backs at 7 AM said party started.  The party was Robt Smith's the object being to get his Whale Boat. It consisted of Smith, Sheock[[guess]] Koo, Allokeen & "Jim Crow", the last 3 named Innuits. Morgan & Keeney who came over when I did, returned with Smith. An excellent team of ^[[16]] dogs they had. Although considerable snow fell during the late ter^[[r]]ific gale yet the travelling is really good as ever. At IX AM Koo-jes-se came to me to know if I was willing he should go out on a walrus hunt with several other natives who were going out?  Knowing that the Innuits here were now all hard up - & of course those of the ^[[men & seamen of the]] "George Henry" living with the natives also very hungry I could not object tho I told Koo-jes-se if the wind abated in Time for us to start on the trip up the Bay
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he must return at once. He promised to do so. But the wind continued strong till 11 AM when it [[strikethrough]] declined[[guess]] [[/strikethrough]] changed to N W blowing light; but as this was too late for the start Koo-jes-se did not come in till 10 at night At IX AM I took Obs. for Time & Variation of Compass - At 12 Meridian took Alt. of [[symbol]] with small sextant (see obsn. Book) After working  up & recording them, I took my compass, tape line & Tally line accompanied by young Smith (Hen. Smith ), whom I shall [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] hereafter in my Journal designate only as "Henry" (for brevity's sake), I went out to make a morning survey of this Island [[strikethrough]] Ne-[[?]]-[[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Oo-pung-ne-wing. I commenced at the very small Island within some 15 fathoms of the Igloo where I am stopping be ^[[tween]] wh. & me in the little channel lies that sought ^[[by me]] relic, the anvil of Frobisher Expedition of [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] 1578! By VIII P.M. I was back to the Igloo, having made a complete survey of the Island, going N.W. on one side & returning entirely on the Northerly side.  There was but little wind stirring during the P.M. - I had my wish that I might ^[[have]] the whole of the morning time here N. of just such pleasant weather as this P.M.
My dogs preparing to feed up I sent "Henry" around to the Igloo to see if he could get some Walrus skin the kind of food given to the dogs by Innuits here. He  had difficulty in getting any as the natives were using it for their own food. The meat being all exhausted. Al-lo-keer's wife had a large slab of it but she said on Henry's telling her that I required it for my dogs were hungry that she was hungry too!  On the promise by Henry that I would give her Tobacco. Pe[[?]] Cape & Beads she sent me a huge slab of the desired walrus hide. The thermometer stood minus 10[[degree symbol]] on returning from my PM Survey of Oo-pung-ne-wing. The air seeming to me 30[[degree symbol]] plus -
It was so still & [[underlined]] seemed [[/underlined]] so warm.

Transcription Notes:
Edited: per instructions, replaced symbols with text, added inserts as appropriate, added spaces between underlined and strikethrough, validated guessed wording (some), removed end of page from second page not required, and other format changes Notes: Some of the April/May 1862 dates in the Journal do not always seem to coincide with the dates, food supplies, and events in the Journal some seem out of sequence, repetative, and may be poetic license. It would take a massive spreadsheet compiling, names, dates, places, events, and "flashbacks" to sort it all out. I made a spreadsheet of the Journal names, dates and related page numbers in Hall's book, but some names in Journal do not appear in book, or in modified spelling. Hall does not always note dates in book. Hall usually (not always) spells out Innuit names by phonetic syllables: i.e., Koo-jes-se, in Journal, etc., and Koojesse in the book. What is most difficult is deciphering Hall's time, bearing and distance notations and calculations. There is also some confusion and overlapping of "Encampment" site locations and numbers by year. How he drove a dog sled, or steered a boat, all the while consulting and recording watch, compass and distance readings as he went, (in mostly sub-zero weather) is beyond comprehension.