80 Saturday Dec 27 - 1913. The natives are coming & going again now that the new snow is here. DoTia + hi wife + their [illegible] old baby have gone to Getisawaul. Their meat is gone & they must get more To feed them, plus + the dogs. Abbie has started on her ferry household. We are handling dry pups, and a dry birr[illegible] cross. In these the dry can be loved ... It is a menisance to take care of [illegible] dogs, and it is very hard on harness + trees. The weather is excellent and the temperature only about 20° below zero here as I tak. So is much colder north of here. Sunday December 28 - 1913 Hal performed the first operation on the ex- pedition today. Zibagan had a structure and was in great pain. We laid him on the dining room table and Hal gave the ether. Hal has relieved Fred working. She latter is tired of the storm and is really more useful in the work shop helping with the sledge building. He [illegible] been running me to secure dog, in fact, even since he got back, telling us about his trip south.