17 February - Thursday. Clear, almost cloudless, calm. Magnificent day, followed by cloud-less, brilliant evening. Full moon. Venus and Jupiter a beautiful sight in the west. Temp. min -28°; 9a.-24°; noon -25° 6:30p.-25° Chief put second band of brass around cabin stove, completely inclosing the fire pot. Efficiency of stove as a heater reduced, but the stove will not fall apart quite yet. Out for six mile walk. As far as gulch with chief who then turned back, we bring them in the full sun- lights. First time this year and it was fine to have it to enjoy again. I think that these Eskimos might be excusable if they were sun- worshipers, but they seem to be almost without religion of any