On Jan 1st 1898 around 6 a 7 o'clock breakfast in order to get ready for the reception both servants & Indians. About 5.30 or 9 the engaged servants come first and [illegible] repaid with cakes & tea. About 40 gallons of tea and about 750 cakes (plain & currant) besides some tons of currant bread. A great quantity of small pies & tarts were prepared for the servants after a short chat the engaged servants took their leave after receiving a present of a pound of tea, a pound of tobacco and a paper of matches. After this the Indians were came in and were repaid in a similar manner. The best hunter served the same present as the engaged servants, the poorer hunter and the women a small present. A smaller quantity. Most of the day was spent by the boys and young men in playing football. About then they [illegible] invited them the gramophone. Do thin wander and delighted of the natives. Shortly after 7 P.M. The bell was rung for the dance and nearly a hundred assembled in the mess room from which the stone tables had been moved. A half breed or Indian fiddler played "The girl I left behind me" and various other popular tunes and the Indians and white men of the establishment performed parading jigs & reels until the 2½ small hours of the morning. Several morning one or two of the Indians had to be ejected in consequence of having been behind too much beer. Flowers water, perfume, Perry Davis, Dai Allen or other mustine. Dave was an Indian called the "Paleceman" from having had frequent interviews with that public office where living on the frontier