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22 October. Sunday.
1/16
8a, 0°; 12m, -2°; 4h, -40°; -3.5°; 12h-4.5° min.-4.5°
S,N16; C2, N13; B,E3; B,N14; B,N14.
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Beautiful day after about 10 a.m., when
the snow and heavy wind ceased. Two mile
walk toward noon. Sun just below
the skyline of the hills in the S.S.W. Yes-
today must have been his last day of vis-
ibility from the house, hence he will
be out of sight from here for four full
months.
Kahda has carved a schooner rigged
steamer out of a block of pine today.
Course of course, but doing well for an
civilized boy of his age.
About 6 p.m. the Eskimos came
in from their caribou hunt. They
came down the steep terraces behind
the igloos. I wish that it had been
light enough to see the seven
loaded canootics descend that tol slope. The men and women have
been gone seven weeks and have
had pretty good luck, getting
48 (2) caribou, 2 bears and some
fish and foxes. The people look fat
and healthy and they brought back
all their dogs - Quite a record. They
went as far as the Humboldt Glu-
cier, but got their caribou on the hills
this side of there. Atkputishao was
lying rolled up in the skin of a deer that he
had just killed. He woke up to find a fox snar-
ing at the carcass, but his rifle was beyond
the fox & the animal got away. A lay down
again rifle in hand and by and bye the fox
came back and so close to the man that
he blew its head off.