98 Eureka Saturday Apr 4 - 24 I cooked lunch + I blew him so I have left nothing for this march. We cannot find Joe's trail from this camp so I have decided to strike for the other shore in hope of getting some rabbits of the dogs which are in bad shape. The teams are not strong enough to make a whole march today. I plan to come one 3/4's in two days. It turned out that Joe too had moved as we picked up his trail on the 1th ride - he camped upon his trail in snow & wind. Sunday Apr 5 - 24 Just as we were ready to start this am. Able's shot a wolf near the igloo. We fed the meat to our manning team. Rounding Strobeladder at last a heavy wind + drifting snow. Reached Mac's igloo at Echer Island. All except a stray of Mac's note was gone. From a few words on the bit of paper I knew that he had killed much ox here. We hunted most of the night for meat or some signs of the killing but a heavy snow storm defeated us.