[Journal of the Crocker Land Expedition]
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The snow on the ice although there was a little snow on the west side. Just before we rounded into Roger Harbor there was a shout of "Panmook-a-uck"! She had run my gun on an iceberg and Doitea man- aged to put a shot into him on the top of the ice mountain. He floated down when the bear dashed down the other side. The gun loved all of the dogs and allowed them to play with the wounded animal. We were up all night making stews & sausages. The next night we started up from this Strait & left the cache at Cape PanThorpe, as follows: Red fish, 23 cans 1104 lbs. Blue " 6 " 288 " Piscuit, 7 cans 350 " Total 1728 lbs. We came back on the same month. Recovering the Sound proved to be hard as the dogs commenced to give out. Before last two & almost giving out. She were said that the Japanese was disagreeing with them. When we arrived at Community we found that the bear skin had been dragged off a canoe by the bear. We landed home at 10:30 am on Tuesday December 16, 1913.