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Cousin whom we sent on with a package to Antoine Houle
stopped on the road to [[shoot?]] deer, and killed two but entirely neglected our business, The man who came down with M'Cloud has gone up and will tell him we are coming
M'C. started down when we started up.
[[line]] Friday June 7 [[line]]
N E by N 4.S. sd. High banks a little way back, NE 5, [[Island?]] High N [[?]] of day to and . [[strikethrough]] N [[/strikethrough]] E N E 6.
Picked up a fine piece of obsidian on the beach. NE 5. [[?]] with thin sheets of quartz dip 20° SW
SE 3. NE, 2. N 1. lowbanks on both sides an island in the elbow. (Sutzikunten river, small)
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Start at 8 a half hour after the Russians, track nearly all day, extremely hot and fatiguing. Feel rather worn and tired as constant pad

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dling against a strong current for four days with only about 10 hours sleep at long intervals is hard on any one Chi peet at 1. and hurry off as a good wind springs up and carries us several miles. The musquetoes have come out as thick as sand and torment ones life out. They are small & a different species from the one at Nulato. See several flights of black & white and yellow butterflies & get a good many. Send a male bird like a sanderling down by MCloud & get a white winged teal. [[female symbol]] camp with the Russians about a day & a half from Nuklukahhyet. Have a good dinner of deer meat