[Journal] March 6-November 22, 1933
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that it could go down the next day he came by about 11:00, I invited us all to coffee for tomorrow (Sunday) morning as he was alone. November 12, 1933 The early part of the morning passed in cutting Adamsons hair & in getting mine done about min he & I went up to the mission the other did not care to go. We got there about ten & had coffee after which Brother Leonard invited me to stay for lunch which we did & it was excellent. The mission has little to complain as the food good good housing & their work not over strenuous. After lunch we returned as I had too late to skin and also in packing for tomorrow November 13, 1933 Adamson Brass & myself together with four Moto-Motos, two Kevin's & four or five Kunis went to the river to fish & trap for minnows. As soon as we get down & camp, we tried a hole by camp the same as the one we shot second before but got nothing within went down below where we left off the last time & tried two more holes but we had little better success getting only three or four small ones. The trouble was that the river was too high and too muddy. We got back to our camp about noon and sunk & set all but two Kunis rode up. It came on to rain about two and the river rose considerably. Turns first reddish then grey. The rain stopped about four thirty and I went out & set 13 traps. November 14, 1933 I visited traps before breakfast but got nothing only two spring. The rest of the morning was spent in with Adamson prospecting we went down as far as we went yesterday and we got an all that would make considerable less than a penny weight. I took several pictures and shot a stag but unfortunately they fell into the river & was lost; also I shot two Monarchella on the way back. After lunch Brass left us returning up hill. The rain held off till about four when it came on very heavy the river rising faster than ever coming.