70 Tue Dec 30-13. All hands were called at 5:30 this morning, because several of the Eskimos and Ek were planning to leave on their kumatikis, and we were to help get them off early. After breakfast, - which was at six o'clock; however, - the eskimoes decided that they wouldn't go; it was too dark to travel. Green went to bed after breakfast, and Doc also turned in after he had washed the dishes. Tank, - who did not get up for breakfast, slept till two p.m. Mar calls them the "midnight club" I ran the engine for one hour to boost the batteries. I am trying the scheme of running for an hour every day in order to keep the batteries boosted and the water in the circulating system from freezing. The rest of the day I have been sewing, - getting grass and Yukletah bags ready, and mending my clothes. It is very dark outside today. I went out on the ice for a short distance and was afraid to go farther in the dark. After dinner Doc performed another operation; Ahtukumquwa, Panicipa Koener, has been having trouble with her big toe for a number of years, and tonight