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Monday Sept 26 Fort Grahame
Day died and rainy Fork
Evertrops Chromyces Microrhysus and
Sorex in my traps. Put on most
of this day an specimen
m gummies
Leyotes first appeared about 12
years ago. First one in 1895. Then
commenced about 1906 when several
were killed about the house.
Black tail deer all coming in and
have been killing in the vicinity of the
Post. Were first noted 10 years ago
3.0 miles south (vine). Have since been
killed about the post, are found
10 miles up the Paranip (1909)
Brown hog (large) are found on
all its mts around the Post and
at least as far as its Mts east of
the upper Halfway River
The small one (not killed) is not
identified but is killed about the post
Ground squirrels are found about the
head of the Ondley
Mink rats not common.
Tuesday Sept 27 Fort Grahame
The following names were given me by Wm. Fox
Ingenika - Bearberry creek
Ominice - Berry creek
Hudley - Chir-chica - Big River
Paranip - Tarita-aca - River from the rocks
Oiliver
Ant Connell didn't come up to Graham except
half a dozen families which trade at Babma
Goat - Dapa
Sheep - Ta-ke
Moose - Hot-ta
Fu-tade - so called by the Indians
Ground squirrel - Cheli
Ground hog - Tet-le-zis
Caribou - Much-ee
Bear - Cha
I took Evertrops, Sorex, Peromyscus
+ Microrhysus in my traps. Abundant,
as said to be sometime abundant