Field Note Book Crocker Land Expedition 1913-1915 No. 52 Greenland VI Etah to Godhaven

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Greenland Journal and Note Book VI E O Hovey 24 March - 29 May 1917 Etah to Godhavn

NB - On Melville Bay Kolootengaq told me that sah(g) was the word for current and that the name of this place was Sah(g)wahdi = "place of a current". This corresponds with the Mak name of "Sarfalik", with same meaning; for the South Greenland word for current is Sarfak. Other derivation from silkuak, or sea pigeon, therefore, is a misconception due to faulty pronunciation

Etah (cf 1.2 ft) 24 III Left ca noon - 11° F overcast moderate breeze N 2:50 foot Cape Alwands Glac Rested dog 15-20 min when well up. Reached foot south side 4:10 - OK 6-7 stop on sea ice near <Seelchaddi for coffee> Met six kahmoatiks in middle of Sonntag Bay - Koloutiema + Elaytoo, Teddingewa, Metik, Jo- hunga, Pooallunah + Oodlool^↑ arr Peteranik about 10 h.m. Tatiak + Ahpela have come back with 12 in at Metik too Accom + 9 left in morning Othboot + Ahdekahningka sledges Ogwinkisoo 25. III - Temp 7-40a - 15° got away soon after 8 o'clock. on south side next headland the men saw some bones - Stopped & Othloqiah told me + within an hour it had been stoned & boiled eaten. Must have stood here 1/2 hr reached nearer 1 h.m. Tent 24° - 13

(Written at Mexico 26.III) 24.III-17. Temp at 8 a.m. - 14.6, sky thinly overcast, wind moderate from N.E. Accommoding wal says outlook is favorable for our start and Mac agrees with him. Hence final packing began di rectly after breakfast. Later mi ny Munnis'oo helped matters out by making my two pairs of old rabbit stockings, which have done me good service for more than a year, over into a very good pair for my trip. About 10-30 this morning Whineah brought in the third and last pair of new stockings that she has been making for me, and my outfit was complete. She has not been feeling well on account of digestive troubles for two or three days, but she is better again now. Mac will not be able to get away till tomorrow - All the natives were in the house this morning and I said goodbye to them as well as I could, shaking hands with each. I have come to like most of them and they have con tributed to the enjoyment of life at Ethah. Perhaps I am better friends with Munnis'oo than with any one else excepts Megiss'oo, because she has done so much worse for me the past few months.

Megiss'oo is a sweet little girl and it is a wonder that she has not been spoiled by the petting that she has had from me and me. She likes to be kissed Kablumak fashion, but she has not quite learned how to kiss in return. Jot is somewhat out of gear. The old rheumatisms (?) which began yesterday evening in his right hand now going up his arm. He is afraid of its giving him a stiff neck, as it has done before. Hence he is not up to his usual amount of chaffing. Captain Corner is really sorry to have me leave, though he does not seem to anticipate any particular trouble to me from my trip. He wrote a letter to his wife, but at first declined to send it by me, saying that according to an old sailor's superstition it would bring me bad luck to take. When, however, he saw that I had no samples, have the letter to me the last thing after everything had gone out to the Kahnmatitis. I crowded it into a pocket. Captain says to persevere now with my enterprise and put it through if at all possible. I mean to do right! He says too not to wait at Uphernike or Boise for the Dammuk

4 Just at noon the kahmatics were slid down the banks. While the dogs was being attached at the edge of the ice, Captain came down to give me the noon reading of -11°- The sky was rather more thickly overcast, so that the sun was hidden, and the wind was still moderate from N.E. Mac photo'd me standing beside accommodating kahmatic and rushed into the house with the camera. Accommodating rah started and I had to go on after another warm hand shake from captain. Accom. stopped at the edge of the smooth ice, so I hastened to let him come up, for I saw him running out to me. He walked onto the kahma- tik with me and gave cordial farewell. Said he had enjoyed my being here this winter and did not want me to go now. Was glad I came, for we both understood matting feller way tc. We bade each other good luck. I jum- ped into the sledge, the dogs sprang forward and we were off. Oolbsoal and Ahdekahingswa were just be- hind and Ogwig brought up the rears. Acc. had 14 dogs, Oobl. 17 + Ogn. 8. Walked through the rough ice at the points at also a little at the (my last view of the house)

mouth of Port Foulle. Wind died out almost entirely as we passed this little light - 'Utah is the windy place' indeed. The ice being smooth without very much snow on it we went along at a comfortable gait. Noted Cape Ken- drill where the nebula were so thick in September 1915 and the promontory height, Cape Alexander Cliffs. Accommo- dingua pointed out the islets of Wee-auk- dahanni. We reached the west base of the Cape Alexander Glacier at 2:50 p.m. Slope is gentle and we went right up - Had to walk about 1/8 mile back down 15 or 20 minutes at top. Walking ascent - Could see some open water a few miles off shore though ice seemed to extend nearly, if not quite to northern side of the point. Fine drive across the gla- cier at elevation of about 600 feet (for tops more) above the sea. Crossed two cracks about 6 inches wide. Glacier is a tongue from the ice cap which splits against the Cape Alexander rock mass and flows north and south into the sea. More's idea that the C.A. rock mass is insular seems to have much in its favor. The

mass presents cliff faces to the east to - ward the cap like those which it presents to the sea. The slide down the snow slope on the east side of the southern arm is exhilarating, when taken as we took it with a rope bridge over the point, of the moraines acting as a brake - It must be exciting when taken as Ogwig took it, without brake except this feet as he slid along behind his kahmatak, holding one hand steering with the upstandards. Accommo- dingwah and Ootloviak walked down in front of their dogs - at the top of the east steep dip above the ice foot when dekahningra got off and dropped be- hind the sleds helping hold track and steer it. Hence when we ascended the shot I followed her example - all reached the ice foot safely, our time being 4:10p. Ogwig beat us by several minutes course. Almost no wind on glacier. From the upper part of the glacier I could see broad open water for along distance this side of Cape Alexander and a lane between Sutherland Island and the shore young ice this side of island

7 The going on the ice foot was good and we drove along on it for a quar- ter or half a mile: Then the men searched for a good place to get off it and we went down onto the sea ice, where we could take a straight er course. Tide was low and ice foot about eight feet thick. As we approached Sulkawadeli I hoped that we were going to turn in there for the night, according to Acoom's ostensible plan before starting, for I was tired enough to rest. But no, the ice and weather were good and the men wanted to push on for Neke. We stopped and had coffee and a rest. No wind. Out in Somotung Bay we met six Kahmatics, carrying Kolooturna & Elaytoo, Poadlunsh, Feddilingqua, Metik, Jophingqua and Oodlooki - They said that there was a good snow igloo at Peteranvik, hence Acoom- nisdingual said that we would stop there. Elaytoo is one of the beau- ties of the tribe and really is nice looking for an Eskimo - about 10 o'clock in the tun - lighr we arrived at Peteranvik. Enthusiastic welcome from Iniak.

Cape Chalon is a very bold precipiton 8 momentary formed by a trap dice. He and his brother Ahpelah (Dr Cook's second man) have an igloo here - I did not have a chance to talk with the latter. Their igloo is crowded. There seemed to be nine people in it, count- ing three children, and Oguwig bunked in with them. By midnight Ace- camrodiningkah and I were sound asleep in the snow igloo. It was my first experience in a lodging of that cind, but I slept fairly well and was surprised that it was seven o'clock. When Ace turned out - they too I learned that Oobloish and Ahdeka- hinga had slept on the two Kelmuts there. They had placed side by side and spread skins on to make a bed, when they had slept stripped as usual - at 7:40 this. 25 March... Temp 7:40am - 15° (-15°) Somewhat hazy No wind Fine day Jotiek came in to call on me. He says that Kolootengua is a fine man for my trip and so too is Tanchingua. He thinks that conditions on Melville Bay will be good. I hope he is right! We had tea and biscuit and got under way about 8 o'clock, leaving Oguwig behind.

9 The glacier (m.k.j.gl.) at Peterarik presents a long front to the sea (2-3 miles I should think) and is active. Ace says many bergs come off from it in the summer - Saw two deep arches in it. Its surface as far as I could see was extremely uneven & serene. As we rounded the next point to S Ace called my attention to the numerous hare tracks in the snow which I could easily see and poin ted out some hares which I am not at all sure that I could see. Soon Obovich, who was in the lead, stopped, got his rifle out from un der the lashings and started for the hedge. We stopped too of course and watched him - A hundred feet or more above the sea he stopped, made his rifle crackled two or three times and we saw an object rolling down the snow slope. It stopped only a few yards from his upward path - convenient retrieving! Meanwhile Adekahings had started the primus and Ace had gone to a little berg 100 yards away for a chunk of good ice for water. I asked him why he didn't use the fresh snow lying all about us. He anti- cipated that the ice was better.

within an hour from the time we stopped the hare was in the process of being eaten. I for me was glad to get the substantial breakfast that it afforded - Nothing was left but the bones and the entrails. Ah, deschingua took the latter and a trap and went ashore to leave trouble in store for some hungry fox. Norse lies around the next point to the south and at 1 p.m. we crossed the reef and were at our destination. To my joy acc. said that we would stay here into sleeps, since he must dry his knaps - I was pretty tired and was going to ask for two sleeps, if he had not proposed it. There are four igloos here now, acc. + Norke an pingua have a big snow igloo (iglooeak), where I am. We-we seemed glad to see me & was much pleased with the bag of coffee that I brought her. Another iglooeak contains Inugeeko May ak + her families, another an - vegook and Ahwee goodlo-- While the stone igloo is occupied by Orbloiak whose pop about 25 are kinds were out to greet us, except those away hunting. Several called.

26 March a lovely day, clear sky, little or no wind now temp - 19.5° Too bad not to be able to take ad- vantage of such good weather but- hope for another good day Tomorrow. Slept well for fully nine hours in my sleeping bag last night - tho it was a bit a too warm for the igloo. Bed plat-form free with five adults + two chil- dren on it. Odee & Kalle slept in some other igloo, Kaweatksuak is at Kangyqdloukmuk. Spent day resting, reading work was out for an hour or more in middle of day but took only a short walk, not feeling in need of any more exercise - Called on Odloorah and Adesakinga and had to eat some minuta and drink coffee though I thought that I was quite enough of high killilloot & odzyook that I had just had at home. He has three nice children, oldest being a girl Netto somewhat younger than Megis 10s- Saw Enaloo cutely use the meat fork (alware) as a breast scratcher in interest of me in the pot - to resume she wiped it off with her fingers - She was making a hair.

of draw-stoday out a white cloth, hence she washed her right foot in order not to soil the cloth, which she held between her toes while sewi. 27 #o. III - Another beautiful cloud- less or nearly cloudless, calm or almost calm day - Temp: 7-30 a.m. - 25° noon: accm.-1/2 dobs Nooon 11 Got under way about 9a.m - Glad to note that we-we was go- ing to Borman #i two. Crossed Herke fjord to next lead land to S + then headed straight for western end Herbet Island Ice in very good condition with only here and there some- whosrough streak between- old pans - a little S wind when we were in middle of Munchison Sound. Passed two seal ryboos, which the men broke into and the dogs were eager to explore - Halted between 3 + 4 h.m. on one of big bays for coffee, tea + biscuit. Moderate but keen ENE breeze off western end the Her Island. Arr #s Oloog se at 7.45 = apparently just

31-V /3 as cold if not colder, but I was too tired + shivering to take tem- perature before it was too dark to get reading. Janching was an hard and shoved me all the boxes that he and Junggebs had brought down. Met Ewidloo, who seem- ed to recognise me + be glad to see me. She is sister to Man-nyglov + Owktania. Janchingway + Tongqing have a big igloo together with two windows in its front. It is abt 25 feet long by 11 wide and seems like a town hall in comparison with the usual igloo. Single stick of 5 in timber from its ridge pole, which is one foot clear above the floor. The flame from four large copper koodlas made the room very light and almost un- comfortable warm - ceiling + roof is of boards covered with turf etc. walls of stone, floor of boards. Quite a palace. Tongqing's wife, an at Oomanyap. Eighteen adults + children were in here this evening without overcrowding. My friends will be a mixed crowd. They see me eating from the walrus with delight.

14 26 March, Temp 10 a.m. -12° My sleeping bag was too hot last night Crawled out of it @ 2 a.m. + tried sleep- ing on top in my underclothes Too cold tried top of bag under seal skin cover but did not like that - about 3 o'clock I pulled my bag out if it, went & got in again shivered I was fairly com- fortable till 7:20 when I got up and had my breakfast of tea bunsuit + boiled water + meat. A little woman came in who said that she was an Arapaddling when I was her lost summer. It was Anarwig whom I was glad to meet having heard so much about her. Late, the woman - Admenia by name, with whom I had so much talk came in. She remembered my name, which she pronounced rather distinctly. All laughed when I came near & shook hers. Left with Ewiddoo the almost pattern which I brought down for meeting. They said that she would be over from Keatey before long - arrangements changed + am send- ing it over today by a boy to whom I gave a package of tobacco for take by it Neff shall be named

15- Photos with Peret camera who is very stiff and curtain slow with cold 1.2 1cm 12½ - 9. } Neke. 26-III 3 2cm " 1-4 1cm -12½:9 Oolooge 28-III Used actinometer on light for above While the sledges were being packed Janchingus told me that Marsag had been engaged to go to Oomanag with us. I guess that we needed another man all night, but more from Oma- ag to Cape York than from Whe to Om- anag. But I can't say anything, not having sufficient command of the language. Later a commodorage said that he thought Marsag w'd go all the way thru to Task with some of the stuff that I am going to try to send to Mac. We finally got away from Oolooge about noon and had a delight- ful ride across Whale Sound. There was a little Westerly wind in the middle of the sound and we encountered a keen land breeze from low along south shore. Boughness of ice in direct course.

ed my men to make a detour to the east, following a series of smoothly frozen over old leads. We were abreast of Karsag 2+(4?) miles east of Netchilinsk when we turned and shifted the shore to our destination. The strong vertical basalt dikes which I noted last summer form a still more striking feature of the landscape now with its general coating of snow. Reached Netchilinsk about 4/3 m. few seconds later welcomed by Kolotengwaya. They had a great laugh on me when I came out of the igloo. A young man was sitting beside the window with his back to the light and I called him Koudloko, whereas it was Seremiaga. No attention was paid to this but when I called the woman sitting on the platform Alnadovaq and asked where long wingway was, Kolotengwaya bust out laughing and said that this was wingwingway, Alnadovaq being at Oomnaraq - I had mis- taken the brother for the daughter, some one explaining other thoughts.

17 The wind is rising this evening and the sky looks threatening hence we may not go on tomorrow. It does not seem to give [illegible] any better than I do. We have had a week of fine weather, it would not be strange if we had a storm now -- Temp. 77. - 85° 29 March. Stormbound at Kolostenwag's igloo, and a very comfortable place it is too - So warm in fact that Tungningwok and the little girls are sitting on the bedplate form clad in their trunks alone while the little boy, two years old, is stark naked. And the men are uncomfortable at least I am so, in ordinary clothing. This ordinary clothing however includes the bear skin pants and kamis which are worn outside in cold weather. The storm is a blustering snow storm + I am glad to be here and not out in it or tied up in a temporary snow igloo we are more than half way to Oonmag and I am wondering whether K. means to do the remaining 70 miles in one long or two moderate marches. I hope for the latter. Breakfast this morning raje Mukla biscuit tea + coffee. K dug out some old Outfolds for me

18 Outdoors at 1.45 p.m. Storm is rather severe and air so thick with falling snow that one can see only a little way out into the fjord. Temp +5° acc. to thermometer in lee of meat rack (big bowls) but it seems colder by means of storm. Outdoors again 4-5 p.m. Storm less severe. Kolotengway's gloo has a board ceiling. He broodered his bedplatform by means of a 6 inch plank. Atinguna + her son Amqgookka are living at this place Aluadeeak Emenial Amanhetti Nettou (Nipea badu) are Tngqungway's children. 30 III 8.50 a - 4° B clear Left Ketchilirik about 10 a.m. riding on Accommodingway's sledge. Beautiful day. In a half hour or more Kolotengway overtook us and I was transferred to his kahmmatik, where I stayed afterwards. Ice in fine condition wind having blown snow out to sea or packed it to a good surface now. Stopped at Cape Radcliffe (next north of C.Parry) when Kolou-Tenga went ashore & examined a fox trap and climbed up bluff to look at ice - Called out that

19 he saw a seal + pointed toward it. Nootsakingwa seized his rifle + shells + ran for it - soon we heard a shot and Emeening and Marsaq [illegible] one with killing iron and other with agloonak start- ed on dead aim. These returned empty handed. Kolootenagwa reported ice back of Cape Parry so we turned out fore north of promontory and went up long valley toward ice cap. Upper end of valley is a box canyon in summer - now partly filled with great drift which enabled us to get on one side. Very little walking - came out in valley between promontory & main cap descended [illegible] & then down a glacier into northern part Booth Sound came down onto sea ice at 3-30 & stopped for about 2 hrs to rest. dogs have tea + biscuit and po- lish in manner. Fitz Clarence Rock imposing near Poolbag new entrance to Sound learned that Peter had not arrived at or Rasmussen left Osmanaa.

Jonwig + Ariangnorog came up with Poodlug but had gone to my place around Cafe Perry. Drove on till about 9.30 p.m. Fine sunset. Encountered wind blowing out of Granville Bay - stopped just east of the mouth of the bay and prepared for night, several cutting snow blocks from which Nookaspinguaq built iglooeach about 9 & diam inside. Tea was made, meat was boiled and a tin of premium opened - got to bed about 11-30 Nookaspinguaq, Neene,izzie, Kolootengway, Marsag + I sleep- ing iglooeach. 31 March - Kolootengway called all hands about 4.40 - I had tea + biscuit. Got under way about 6-20. Hazy and thick light snow falling. Halted about 9.30 for a half hour. Toy lifted showing top of Oomanaq + that we were abreast of it and too far to north. On a gain and reached Dammarik at about 11 o'clock - Her flag up in my honor... Tempera 20

21 Time at Thule at 8 am was about -15°C. Shippers abreast (East) The little island off the peninsula on wh. The tufies stood last summer. Mr Koch was well out on the ice to greet me and Captain Hansen was on the ice beside the vessel as we drew up. He is a sturdy, blue eyed man who looks kindly but efficient. I had not been long on board before Mr Rosmusson came in from Thule to welcome me. Preparation for his departure northward are not quite complete, but he does not expect to wait beyond 5 April for return of Peter. Captain had breakfast prepared at once for me and served in his room. It tasted good all right. Began talk with him about the supplies on board, and arranged for sugar, molasses and coffee ca 450 lbs weight in all to go to Mac- Saw several of my old Eskimo friends. Cordial. In afternoon went over to Thule. Flags on both houses in my honor. Eemmerlak is to be my third man to Upemvike

Dr Thorild Wulff Stockholm

"Dear Doctor Hovey, I should be glad to see here for grand dinner to-day at 5 o'clock. Full dress of course! The captain and chief will also turn up. Welcome! Yours truly Theophilus Wulff 1/4 1917."

22 1 April - Unpleasant, thick and rather stormy - Temp - 10 C this morning. Too warm last night in my sleeping bag. Busy all day with matters pertaining to my own trip, expedition matters and return journey to Etah of the three men who go back to- morrow. This afternoon Dr Wulff celibrated his 40th birthday with a "grand dinner" served in course Sophie was housekeeper for Jensen, factor at S.Wernine. at Peters house. Sophie, a South Greenland woman unexpectedly detained here like the rest of us, did the cooking and did it remarkably well under the conditions obtaining in that house - and the house was full of Eskimos than usual on ac-

23 of the celebration. Among other things, we had salmon from Konggaard- Loesnaah and roast venison from near Oomany to eat. For drinks we had Danish kummel, French Santene and some Spanish sherry and coffee. A speech was made by Dr Wueff, the reply to which fell to me to make. We did not fail to drink a toast to our absent home friends who could not know how com- fortable a time we were having in the far North. Those present were Dr Wueff, Captain Hansen, messrs Rasmussen, Koch, Niel- sen (mate) and myself; also Navrara and Sophie. We had a very good time, but separ- ated early to get back to our va- ried work. 2 April - Monday. A beautiful day, and accommodating way, Masaq and Nootkapingway were and Lizzie got away a- out soon for Esk. The first two had good loads of sugar

24 Molasses and coffee on bound for Mae's use in payment of his Estaimos - I was sorry to bid my old friends good bye especial- ly good old Accommodating Wuy, who calls me his alpah or dear friend and companion. Each of us told the other that we was "Mah Mukto " or all right. I gave each man a liberal supply (5thp) of Tobacco + they started away in good spirits. Temperature at 9.30 p. - 25oC 3 April - Tuesday - I could not sleep after 5 o'clock this morn- ing and I got up at six. The weather was clear and cool and I thought surely that I should get away myself by noon. But the sky became overcast some what by mid morning and Kolotengway said "No good! Ahno'suah!" It has been almost calm here all day but bad outside, they say.

(during winter (dec.) temp touched (-25\n-46C (= -61.7) acc. to left Hansen.\n\ntemp 8am -19C.\nam all ready now for a short\nnotice start. am leaving Peret causer.\nlatter part of evening with\nK.R. in his

All alcohol had leaked out of our u - 26 serv. can leaving us out about a bit ! 5 April . Heavy wind sprang up last night which broke my thermorn wh I had an earily left hanging outside sleep well . Seems colder than yesterday followed from Canany Extra dog on hand wh got started about 11 AM. Very little wind at car but could see snow driving off Petworth Glacier - Rather bad when we reach ed it & increased so that when we reached Groote Sundh and the Caribou Pond by diggys we stopped there at 12 - 30 h . Then 3/4 mile from point. worse in afternoon & we decided to sleep here . All cheerful This I do say and that we had 2 cans pork in dinner at 19 Groote Touching way cut left ankle with pick

27 6 April Koloten you put up tent inside grotto & all four crowded into it slept well. Had off about 8.30a. after bricent nunnal little wind but an are going on - colder than yesterday Under way at 10 o'clock Not much wind across Parker Snow Bay but increasing - snow H.P.S. Point Some stuff under Seems to be a little glacier coming down near Parker Snow Point on south side Ekbloe Gk. perhaps 4 mi. for Point Saw south side Cminial Rock for sixth time the last time. Suckent is just east of the little glacier nept beyond Ekbloe Gk. Ice cap route is down this, one would have difficulty in getting sledge onto or down from Ekbloe Gk. Loud breeze very keen and disagree- able from 1/3 way along th

28 onward Crimson cliffs, drift had occasionally. Kolotenyway got tangled up in traces and [illegible] Rounded Cape York at 6 p.m., stopped ten minutes or so while K. went up into a terrace 30 ft above sea to visit the grave of his grandmother, who is buried there. Reached Igloos at 6:20 - Ahngyelots + Oogrial + families here. Opened up Ahnggodibloasoq's igloo for our accommodation - Not much food here, but got beef meal for dogs and chunks of bear meat for ourselves in exchange for two tins pemmican given Ahnggodibloasoq at Oonana. 7 April - Hazy day and considerable wind outside. Kolotenyway says: Perhaps we can go on tomorrow. Slept well last night - We came down from Oonana in 4 1/2 hours of driving without allowing for stops to entangle traces and rest the dogs - Kolotenyway has gone after some Kaminik grass - Not much meat here but we have gotten the chunks of bear meat and the dog feed (1/2 seal) that Ahnggodib bloasoq said he could have in exchange for the two tins pemmican I gave him.

29 8 April Sunday. Kobooten way to- Gun preparing coffee before six o'clock this morning saying that the day was all right - It certainly looks good. -Clear, almost no wind + temp perhaps -10° F, at 7:30 a.m. - Pot started at 8:20 (or lower) Ahquinalots go- ing with us as a supporting team. -Mootik, headed toward the north east meaning to keep well out of sea. Coqueah came along for a couple of hours to where he had left his kayak on the ice after hunting for seals some weeks ago - Matout- Hodder left him too, about 11 o'clock. We reached an open lead crossing, the path that we desired to take and forcing us toward the land. Could not cross it - We followed it for miles - Got four seals - Semerentz shooting two Ianchinway one & Ahquinalots one. The last way cached in the snow against the manisso return - Stopped seal hunt- ing and left the lead about 3 p.m., head- ing for Cape Middle. Reached the Refe at 5 p.m., and are now camped about 200 yds from the land - Using tent. Since snow is not good for build-ing foot chances are for a quiet night.

(30) We have traveled about 6 hours and 30 miles today. Going was pretty good out- side, but near the land it is bad so we can ride almost all the time. Has been a beautiful day as to weather and the shore has been picturesque in the afternoon sun. Cape York Bay deep. Kirk says that Peter & Dr. Willy tried to come down the wrong glacier, which accounts for their trouble. There has been no such movement as they describe. Saw Brushman Island + Meteorite Island + high land on it. Woodloot's meteorite is: Each man 13 dogs - 2 leaving a lame one and K. taking on the stray. 9 April - Monday - Had good supper last night on the freshly killed young seal and turned early - about 8 o'clock. We five men filled floor space of the little tent pretty completely. Slept well till about 3 a.m. when the strong S E wind that came of coming up wakened us and dashed our hopes for a day of good travel today. Turned over and went to sleep again. Did not get up till 9 o'clock when we had left. Spent entire day in camp. Clear, cold + windy - Although allots started for Cape York about 2 p.m. The wind having moderated somewhat gave him a pipe + two pieces tobacco.

Kolootengway pointed out ridge on wh. Coolcootoo's meteorite hole, NNE of Bush, New Ireland which seemed to satisfy him completely. and Kolootengway said was all right. Almy also got the skin & blubber of one of our seals. Feeding dogs tomorrow this evening. 10 April Tuesday. Beautiful morning with very little wind. E or ESE 2/4 at six 2'cl. Udder way about mile after two hours of fair going we got out of the maze of ice bergs lying S.E. A [illegible] & once more struck out to sea and were a- gain turned back by the lead which kept me casting in width. At 5 p.m. we stopped beside a little bay and he decided to camp here - Lead is now fully a mile wide lots of seals in it. Have had a rather hard after- noon Snowshod at least 2 hrs. of it and Kolootengway on hour or so while I rode and tried to drive. He is discouraged by the deep snow saying that what is here is nothing to what it beyond - I fear that to mor- row he may decline to go any farther. What can I do?

We are off Cape Melville Later. After tramping about for sometime part of the time on snowshoes and part of the time K came in and announced that we would go on tomorrow by repeating marches, that is that he and the others would go forward with part of the load, leaving me and the dry food here and returning her to sleep Tomorrow night. The following day we would go forward again the rest of the load (and me) thus being able to ride. He thinks that I can't walk very well and that the snow is too deep for much riding - Well I asked K. R. at Dinner, to impress upon Ko. Kostengway the idea that I was not to walk any. The first step yester- day was a rather hard one, for the snowshoes do not fit well over my Kamikepukes and I had my box latch on - was altogether too warmly dressed. The second time I left my keorish on to kamikute and got along better, wearing my blanket shirt. Koostengway thinks now that a shirt is the proper convenance for me across Melville Bay. Per- hope he is right and I shouldn't not to have undertaken this journey but I don't want to give it up yet! We are 1/3 way across now

11 April Wednesday. Heavy ESE storm broke upon us early this morning, bring- ing much new snow to add to our difficulties. I staid in my comfortable sleeping bag till after 1 p.m. The others got up early and stood around in their heavy clothing since snow was drift- ing in on the broad side of the tent. We set the tent up very well last night and it stood the high wind all night tearing away and Emenchint put on some more patches. The storm ceas- ed and the sun came out about 2:30 while we were eating our "dinner" of hash crackers and tea. Now (4 p.m.) the young men are out after seals and K. has taken my snow-shoes and gone off prospecting. This is such a day as to make me crazy for the comforts of home - at 4:30 it is thick again, the sun being scarcely discernible - light snow falling again - wind N-51. Rather warm day. We camped off from a great black tree- ifice 2.5 miles east of Cape Melville - [I wonder if we are at Brookmans? and last camp and are now near Cape Melville. I wish I had a map] along, moletto & Kohtlootso (old bus some years ago.

34 12 April Thursday. Snowed a good bit last evening but cleared during night. I was awake at 2 a.m. and it was very light in the tent though we did not seem to be getting direct rays of sun yet. Sunny day with light easterly wind. Considerably colder than it was yesterday, but not so dismal in camp. Did not get up early because we cannot travel yet on account of condition of snow and men are out about 10 o'clock clearing snow off from kahmooties & baggage. Then were mending harness and doing odd jobs. Found Kolotengway a belt. Patched up holes in Tanchingway's kamiks with ingenious plaster. Directly after noon Kolotengway said he was going out to take a look at the ice, carrying out the plan which he announced day before yesterday evening So he and the others got ready at once, less some putting on to their kahmooties some of the dog meat hemlock oil and my precious box of journals to an extra 10 weights I suppose. I did not realize but that was going until too late to stop it going. Well no one worrying about it. I don't relish being left here all alone in Wiallittte Bay 50 miles from anywhere (i.e Cape York) and I tried to tell K

but he evidently could see no reason for anxiety on my part - at any rate they all drove away leaving one of K's dogs behind. It is keeping me company with its lonely howling - Perhaps K left him to ward off any stalking bear but I kept my rifle too. I wish that my thermometer had not gotten broken for I should like to know the temperature. Now sitting on a box in the sunshine on the lee side (W) of the tent writing the landed, but that it is not a very warm day is evidenced by the ice forming on the face roll of my nettle - Not a cloud to be seen, and I wonder if the good April weather like that of last year, year before +1914 too has begun. This would be a fine trip, were it not for the deep snow on the ice - But that makes me wonder whether I shall be able to go on through or not. This now I gave each man a package of smoking tobacco though no one had hunted being out of it and Kolooting was friendly says that he has lots of his own. Men returned at 7 oel + seem quite fine for the hot tea + erbsen - any soup that I had ready for them - They thanks me.

36 when Daniel may & Seemer was tried to stop their teams at the hitching together both sets of dogs made for the tent and the meat for dinner & I - some confusion but two Dumny smelled except for a new hole made by a pulling stake when it struck the tent 13 April - Friday Cold night. I shall think 75° or near below zero, but cooler - the young men build some seal meat before they turned in but I was asleep before it was done. when we shot after 11 and by 1-40 had reached the crane made yesterday. Kelastiguan went off on a short tour on a tour of inspection it has gone about 2 hrs. And staying still He called to the young men & they walked off with him right but did not get the seal - I was left alone in charge of the 3 dogs for another half hour.

37 about 4 o'clock we started un loading the cache and drove home. Takes a half hour and now we are on a large ice berg. It had begun getting dark blocks for an overnight sleep. The young men are hunting sleds around the big bear. We left the thrays at the car till morning about 3 more miles Then 3 ft deep Light W-NW whole part of afternoon calm evening - Beautiful, clear sunset at 7-30 by my watch Wish that I could photo bear camp on the slope of this big ice berg - Our first snow igloo of the trip since leaving land and my first camp on an iceberg. Very nice now and there is lots of thin young ice south of us but I do not care to rival craft Japan - we are on the south western edge of a perfect maze of hundreds of bergs. Just NNE of us is a berg 500-1000 feet long wide at this end and perhaps a mile long that looks like the end of a glacier with its surface prominently but unduly

38 14 April Saturday Another beautiful, calm day. Water fog to the south. Now -9.30 am. - the young men have gone on with empty kahnooties for an inspection of conditions leaving Kolooting-woq and me to hold the fort. I like a snow igloo better than a tent or some accomodation - for me thing, it is warm. m. K likes a tent better & I don't wonder for it is considerable more comfort. Thrid an igloocah 15. Rather cold today on account of the damp wind for the promise of the early morning was not fulfilled and the fog fog was rather thick even when the boys got off. The big lead has broad-ened so that - its fog thloots as if there were much open water or water with very thin ice on it to the southward. K came in about noon, just in time for a cup of tea. He had killed two seals and missed one but he could not land either of those that he killed. He could just throw his harpoon line over me but did not succeed in floating th near us within harpooning distance - He likes my rifle and wants me like it. Off again this afternoon. He thinks that poor Mene is spoiled for water this region or America. dined of fine about 2 p.m.

39 at 3.40 the boys were back, followed in a half hour by Kolokengmay - The report is that the bad conditions prevail beyond on the route we should follow - deep snow, under which is slush making travel very difficult: I wonder what we are going to do! The fog is coming in again. Melville Bay = See wik 20th April 15 April. Sunday Clear and almost cloudless. Moderate breeze from East. Ten - degree temperature a little above O° F, at a guess. Smooth new ice has formed as far toward the southeast, south & southwest as I can see and it looks very attractive. I asked E. how long it would take to make it safe for travel and he replied "three days, phehaps" - I wonder now if K is now thinking of waiting here for this to take place. Looking off to the west I could see K + J, who had gone sealing, half a mile or so to the W. at a good many yards out on the new ice. Last evening about 7 o'clock the men came in bringing the stuff from the crease on the ice. I had pea soup ready and then stowed in about a pound and a half of pemmican - We also had biscuits, marmite and tea and I thought we had had supper as about 9 o'clock I began getting my sleeping bag.

ready for occupation, but I was too mem- orous for evidently seal meat was still on the menu. The primus was fanned up, the little pork an and sixteen chunks of meat, fist size, were boiled and eaten before the family turned in. I ate three such pieces myself and slept like a top - I asked K the programme for the next day (to-day) and he said

making a thick soup of wh. the interior is very fond - It is good too, but I took my alittle, being too full of meat for more - K says that the new ice will be good in three days, but that there are holes in it - I guess that the ship is not given up yet. I think that K would not have brought all the things from the cache, had he been meaning to turn back from here after the report brought in from yesterday's scouting trip - Well I have plenty of time and we have a good supply of biscuit, kerosene and tea and pemmican, and there are seals in the water - Captain Monday 13 - calm. B'f. over by 80 & t we are going on - K & I led the way at 10-30 starting out on the service near camp - Advance 4 1/2 mile when K decided to leave it, much to my relief for my head had been in my throat much of the time - I can't say that I like riding ice that bends under the sledge. Then came a mile or so of snow shoving for me & being going fast.

When we took Rode a while in Reeves Riches sledge by his invitation then he overtook me. Shortly before him we came to the edge of the new ice depth and he went off on a tour of inspection that lasted an hour a more when he came back he started out into the new ice again and I had plenty of heart troubled for an hour or thereabouts. Then we had thicker new ice + some old ice + a very crooked and varied route till 4:30 when K gave the word to make camp at the base of a good sized ice berg. It has been a beautiful day, warm in the direct rays of the sun but the shade showed the cold all the same & for a little while in the afternoon we had a bit of calm NE wind - Sundays at 50°C. Have work with K knight all day. Just the boys and a few sheep. 17 April Tuesday B NWI

43 Cold last night and early this morning - slept well tho my sleeping bag is getting damp + was frozen stiff when I got into it - Some work pushing myself in - Breakfast over by 8-15= Finished the tin of army hard bread last night + opened an entire wheat - The army bread lasted 12 days + a few crumbs over - 2 1/2 pounds Got started about 9-30 - As we went into the new, or rather as we were crossing an open creek between the regular post and can older section two or three of K's dogs got in. Replacement was the breaking loose of 9 of T's team K had gone over to see about the boys a crossing leaving me beside their Columboth. I was putting snow glasses on when K's team came out sight of T's dogs and chased after them K was disgraced because I had not prevented our team

from running away. He does not seem to realize yet, though he ought to by now, how little I know about a dog team. Crossed tracks of a long train — made day before yesterday K says I — at small one made yesterday at six o'clock we stopped beside a little grove. We had have pitched our tent on its bush. It has been a long day for me but I think that I have stood it very well. K does not think much of my powers as a leader — and they do not much come up to the mark required for sledging work. He says that we are now half way to Tunguska and he asked me whether I want to go on or turn back. I would go on of course — this I think that he will like to turn back. We have traveled much on new ice today in a curious sense.

Not till 4 o'cl. This evening he modifies his statements and says that we are not half way to Tasimale. This I think is correct I doubt if we are one third the way to Tasimale from Cape York but I think that we are nearly half way to Wilcox Head. 18th July Wednesday -- a strenuous day all night. I only hope that it has done me no harm as for K-de- clines to consider resting tomorrow. He was up and starting at minutes of 3-45 this morning + when I asked the reason for such an early start he said "No good sleep all time don't travel when there is no wind." We got started at 6 and had fine going over new sea for about 2 hrs. then it became unsafe. It was clear cloudless calm when we started but weather has been varied some wind, some fog, some squallers squally storms.

Had good much time and but few sketches of service - we had long one this afternoon. Sighted Melville Monument in the distance about 4 o'clock, nearly abreast of Kalmootik Kept on going till 7 o clock when we reached big berg beside which to camp - 19 April Thursday B. calm not very cold - good sleep of about 11 hours last night - not getting much ice much by snow, I put his team in K's sledges and drove for me as an experiment, K taking E's sledge. Mootik. The bad going this eve turned almost every snow- cellar less than 12-15

-15 deg 9 slept think below zero several degrees all day but the sun has burned my nose at the same time that the cold almost frosted an ear. This morning K said that we would now go to Lookout Lake, meal and after resting and feeding of the dogs go on to Upernavik. This suit me all night of course. I guess he is working for the rifle like Prince from NY if he got me through ok I promised him yesterday afternoon or coming into the half time and all day today about ENS we must have lost a good bit going south by there two days into game in fact. I now chock about 2 1/2 hrs today, having started out at 8-30 this morning in advance of the Kahnoots. They overtook me about 10 oc - and I realized the last hour going on when the men stopped beside a little glacier to ice their manners -

I reached a big, square sided berg at 6 o'clock and as soon as the men arrived we made camp on theeward side. all afternoon we have been approach- ing a headland that must be the one that I photo'd from the 'Cruft' as cape Walker or perhaps Wellham Is. but Kolwotengway says that Tooli- toolikseal is in a cave on the south side of the promontory hence this must be Cape Seddon. 21 April. Saturday - 73 - calm or W1-2 - not so cold as yesterday - this cold spell of lovely weather is fortunate for me. K was up at 6 o'clock, starting off. After off all did some mending K fixed the stick of a snowshoe that broke as I was testing the thickness of the snow on arriving at campsite last night - Dogs got the last of the meat dust night, supplemented by 4 cans jermeine to make up a feed. We now have 4 cans left which I have said must be kept for our own food good thing that were so near Tooltoolikseal. at 8:30 I started forward on snow shoes in the same ENR course and the men followed overtaking me about 10 o'clock - I had passed over

a pyramidal nunatak was prominent to the north of C. Seddon as we approached. This probabl[y] was Klein-Schmidt's Nunatak though it may have been to the south thereof. It was very large & high. All the bad snow and we went on at a good pace, which quickened as we near[ e]d land, the going getting better. We came upon a good hard stretch and the dogs, wh[o] had seemed tired out yestr[day], broke into a gallop of their own accord. Soon we encountered a lot of old Kalh- mootik tracks and I really believed that he were nearing the village. I had actually crossed Melville Bay by Kalmootik! Nor may considerable hard travel between here and Tasiusak and Upernavik, but I feel that it's worst is over and that we shall surely get through. Just at noon by my watch K & I wound up the last point entered a little south facing cove and arrived at the island. Fortunately Koloodernua is ho[me] metik & his family are away at Peteravik, but two other metik families are here. At my suggestion Kolootemping asked Koloodernua if he would go on with us, perhaps as far as Tasiusak and the young man said that he would. This makes me feel easier. Esquimo we call people. Actuo[ally] we had a night only yesterday, no more was made toward lunch further than to have [a] some bits

1 frozen meat from the chunks on the meat rack. About 2 o'clock Genevieve + two small boys began digging the snow away from the entrance and window of Metis's igloo. The igloo had been closed for along time and there was much frost in it. This 2 + 7 cleaned out as well as they could and at 3 o'clock two pri mar stores were set going to dry it out and warm it. We improved the chance to make tea + have some crisp biscuits. K + J and two boys went up to a little lake near by where IK dug a hole through the ice in the bottom of a hole already there and we brought down water. Metis's igloo is large, clean + in excellent condition - Seems quite like a palace after the last 13 nights on McEvilly Bay. Of which we spent in the little tent Thursday (13th) crossing its bay. Kolodensara presented us with a 30-lb chunk of narwhal which we proceeded to chop at and eat from - This also provides us with the best slab for the remaining lamps of the igloo. 22 April Sunday. B, calm and "Miss Bill" is Metis's wife, hence I must have seen her at Petrauk.

[Next Notebook in the bunch of Seward's] 57 but I did not realize her identity. Was out for an hours walk at mid-day on the hills, found it very warm in my well except when I stood for a time in the light easterly breeze. An especially interesting thing about the constant water in the little pond is that it is ground-water from the surrounding land there being no glacier or the like to feed it. We have improved the chance to work one family and farm. I took a shove and then shaved K + Y (more than have them on my razor). The family of Ahpalah, who is now sick at Ormanuy, is how when he generally lives - his wife though she has not much meat insisted on getting me a large section of Narwhal. Kolootengway is not willing that I should give her any thing in return. (Ahpalinway) I gave Kolodeinna a can of tea for some meat and his wife a cake of toilet soap for killing my Kamrite. It clouded over this afternoon and there is rather wind outside Kolootengway or OKP. Hence we are not likely to leave tomorrow as planned.

5-2 23 April - Monday . Think overcast + somewhat hazy . Not cold . Calm or E 1-2 here , but still "ahnnoesnah" outside Kolootengwaq says . Etokkas'ooq ( no relation to the Etah man , I believe ) came in last night having had good success on his bear hunt , getting a mother and two cubs. Kolootengwaq served up a bit of raw nanook this morning , for which I was much obliged because I find the bear skin hard to sew . These men have to be rather expert with the needle since they are on the trail so much . K has dried one pair of kamikis for me here too . K says that E is 18 years old . Etokas'ooq gave us a chunk of bear meat . Cigars are a good lubricant ! I + E slept till about noon - The Eskimos seem to get along without much sleep when on the trail as the weather is favorable to travel , as K says ; but on the other hand they seem unable of enduring sleep when off- hunting . By open - Took a walk of about 2 miles on the sea ice down after noon

pretty warm work in my Bernstein hat but the light N.E wind was very near to face me way back to the igloo. the fresh lean meat are one-boiled by the reindeer has good flavor, much like beef - a very different thing from that cooked by natives or just at 4 o'clock the sky is clearing and a gentle wind is coming from the N.W. and it looks as if we might perhaps start around tomorrow. I hope that we may for I have just finished "Henry Esmond" and have nothing to read or todo. Fortunately Kolovinkway seems as desirous to proceed as I am. at 6 o'clock E & J came in, the lads, saying that it was going to be a cold night - K said later "not well" the rocks surrounding Toolee's camps are dark gray banded feld spathic gneiss. Some narrow steep steep-walled gorges indicate the presence of trap dikes but they were almost filled with snow and I did not see the rocks. gave Ahpelaka wife a sewing needles and afterwards at Kolovinkway's (!) suggestion 2 yards of thread & some tea. The igloo is burning, almost, gave Toolee's'oop wife cake of soap

54 Have gotten from Kolodenuma 5 beals (3 1 wh. fed to dog there) + stric meat for the tea 24 April Tuesday - B. calm, not cold a lovely day and we are to start on, but the seems to be no hurry. We did not have coffee till [illegible] 8:15 and the young men were not dressed till nine o'cl. Etookacooog is going to start out with us. I asked K about this but K said that it was E's own affair - I've wonder how 6 can be accommo- dated in that little tent tonight - After nine o'clock last evening K be- gan boiling some bear-cat meat that Etookacooog had given him to take the place of bean meat stolen by one 7 Kolodenuma dogs out 4 our tipoo. About ten o'cl we were eat- ing it - very delicate + much like veal in flavor. 9 line zachman and Tookasby, 1 pipe tobacco + 1 box matches. about 10-30 K's Kahinwotik was foaled and sliding down toward the dogs and by 10-45 we were off. It was so warm that I was in a degree perspiration but I just

J.B.E. each left a dog behind wh. had gotten to a foot better in a fight. but on my note instead of my team - left shirt for fear of wind By the Time we were well away from the land the N.W. breeze struck us and within an hour we were so cold that K stopped + put on his kahfet- tah and I my koolatah. goin was bad with slush under deep snow Was in up to my knees several times missed the kahnootik once on somethin' or it + he did not know that I was absent till I called to him to stop. Every K's dogs got away one at a time + left us stranded but he who was far ahead sent Neman back - two days did pull the sleds on hard snow. For several miles threaded way amidst countless large traps front of ice cap continuous along sea for long distances. Several prominent novatiks Camp about 5 o'clock beside of small bay. 25 April Wednesday - evening right shortasday + koloodenma left on their sleds.

5/6 coffee at 6 o'clock & boiled bean meal at 8. Cloudless day but hazy on horizon little foggy in front with new S W wind & I am going to Tasiuna Started at 8:30 on snow shoes, & was overtaken by K at 9:30 stayed for lunch & are go- ing has been an bad sort of day with deep snow + slush discouragingly hard for me + for all, but no talk now of turning back, this K may not go any farther than Tasiuna, where I can spend I think near an island off Radhead (5 p.m. and feeling better, Widespread + am actually amused by the fine still weather too much to see bird's nests &c. snow threatening. see 6/7

57 26 April Thursday Beautiful almost cloudless day with considerable low haze - comparatively warm but was coolish till 2pm on account of occasional light S or SE breeze. Up about 5 and fished on my own shore shot at 7-10 but was overtaken in an hole. (Cols Holms) We were not off Wilcox Head last night but off our island - Now at 4pm we are not "off" this entrance (Really am SW of it.) and about a brief mile SW of it. Devil's throat looks up in NW. I now am nearly across Melville Bay again - 19 deep in morning the day has more been cool. The whole as yesterday was thorough foggy has been bad all the time and I got into the worst hole yet following E - K being on course a good way ahead & I driving the Kohr smoothly. I walked ahead for about an hour & stopped beside this big berg at 4 o'clock. When the Kohr passed out of someone thought he was a ferry or the sledges were slipping & started in a wild pace - Came back to some more ice. Jarrchingway & Kolodennie

each shot a seal today on the ice, the former with my rifle. 27 April Friday B - calm or light to moderate N W breeze - good night - started out on snowshoes at 6.50 + was overtaken about 8 - a few minutes later Kolotempurq sheep two kahmawootics of toward Cape Horn I suggested Peter but he said no - It was Peter & Kangya how ever coming toward us from their last nights camp after cordial greeting had been inter - changed we went over to his camp I going on his kahmawootic He had much to tell me about the war South Greenland IC and had three letters from EK - gave him letters for mac, Cape corner & Cape Hansen - stated He spoke of the great benefit the coal had been to them at last winter + This gave me an opening to ask why he he had never answered my last letter from Peter Snow Bay about the coal He offered a rather lame apology now want to pay the cost of the loading of the coal - about noon K, J. R & I left

E Tookas'ooq & Koloondema were so far ahead of us this morning that they did not go over to Peters camp to meet him - - Rather less than an hour's drive brought us to Cape Holm & we were going along at a good gait when K. saw fresh tear tracks that he looked sharply up the hill & saw the animal. Soon we all saw him crossing a snow patch 300 feet or more up the mountain. He was 400 yds or more away but I anxiously took a shot at him - no effect, then the men loosed some dogs from their tams and began a wild rush up the mountain (carrying a howling trees of dogs behind). Within an hour I heard a great shout above going our into ice when I could look well up I saw two men on the edge of the snow bench 500-600 above the van. They called out "Nanmoo shatigo" - it was a joyful call. They slid like cats down a snow slope leading to the sea & they then came with the dogs were seen at the Kohinwolets after two unsuccessful the bird went into which the latter had gotten in the excitement. 59.

drove around point and it got 60 the bear cub had slid down within 30 feet of the ice foot. It was a small male, a 3 yr old, just the size I should like for a rug so I bargained with it for the skin since he find the fatal shot. The skin therefore was taken off properly for mounting. Skinning cutting up & cooking & eating tired the bear took till 5 o'clock + then we started on Reached Bjorneborg, Peters 'hotel', at 9. Soprano around its little house was at 2 ft deep and evidently no one had been here for some weeks. It is a little box of a wooden shack about 10 ft square + 6 ft high inside entrance way to 5[3] + a little 4-pane window in east wall - a very welcome shelter to us for day tint work on this morning matt. it took as' out. Over the front door is a purple wooden figure of a man which is carved 1905 Bjorneborg. drove with comfort all day + till 8 this evening we were then in the shadow of the cape + it was so cold that I changed to my koolkah.

28 April Saturday Very comfortable night at Bjomeloy - house of heavy plank about 10 ft sq + 6 ft high - side - slight gable - faces south. I think - built in 1905. Wooden real entrance. Early morning clear & beautiful but soon became overcast & lazy - started on mountainous at 10-40 overtaken by K about (C) muqseik) 12, am at igloo about 1 k- + had seal meat + coffee. Marku It was going to stay clear night time but looked so threatening of snow that we stayed out for an hour & listened on. Good going in the recent leahnoo-like tracks + we saw ed Eskimos soon & came into clear weather again. Climate very local - Am. at second igloo about 8k by my watch - found I hr slow & turned ahead

Seal meat & coffee in Kahdli's [illegible] Egloo but had to let my tent for sleeping. Byfog too crowded [Illosalik] & bed platform too short for me. Snowshoeing this morning in my heavy clothing was very hot work & I was glad when it overtook me. After getting on to Kahanootik I wore my netle all day till about 5 o'cl when I changed to Kosetah -- Calm except latter part of afternoon when we encountered N.W. wind from the land. The south Greenland houses are 1 ft off, bricks above ground not any longer. I should think than the northern reports but rectangular and a little high- in inside than some. Lined with boards. Earthen floor. 29 April Sunday. All my habits slept on the ice finally I believe. Beautiful night but foggy this morning (10am). Calm. Seems warmer but not above 32&F

29 april - sunday (63 work night - hazy morning calm not cold. It was solvol under way at noon. Haze & foggy cloud gradually cleared away beautiful afternoon met Kahdi's cousin Kahdia on ice + got 3 seals from him for 12 kr. Fine scenery good going almost all way am. next place Kuk 7 filthy iglows - water from lake or pool apparently great friends of Ice arranged for one to go with me then I to U were well till 5/2 + then ksol- 30 april, monday - up at 5-30 after another comfortable night on the ice. Hazy. Very light wind from S. Named place somes, lke Cook Kuk off at 7-45 Kah- ta going with us - he is going to be one of the two to take me from Tasmsale to Uppermisk for 9 kr. (but I paid him 13.50, same as I did Abel from Tasiursak)

After about 2 hrs ride me 6s- stopped at some igloo, where I had a bowl of tea in one & a cup of coffee in another - About noon we stopped again & had more coffee. The lady had one bowl + one cup. She filled the cup & poured the contents out into the bowl for each of us in turn - Then we went to another igloo when I had a very small piece of delicious cold boiled fish - We left about 1 o'clock & in two hours (3:10) were at Jasirbak to my surprise and delight. The Danish flag was up and Wilson + his wife, whom I met at Whinnite in 1915, greeted me cordially - The flag was up. The first thing I did, almost, was to give me a chance to wash my face and hands to shave - I needed that & more too. Then coffee and bread + butter (ole)

May 1 Koloontengwaale wants of himself wants to think from for think from N.Y. more & more from N.Y. of the binocular car was. alleged one. no date from N.Y. 8'-9' Koloontengwaale White canvas tent- not too heavy To accommodate 6 sleeping men Iron fittings but not us wooden poles. binoocular field glasses spring Clock for wall not alarm t strike Box with lock - ca 27" x 15" x 12" Evidently a small steam trunk like mine wants it in his igloo. wanted hide the lice.

May - Tuesday - B. calm - 67 warm in sun but rather nippy in the shade - all day a beautiful May Day. Hope for as good a day tomorrow. Arrange- ments made for Abel to take me to Upernavik + he + Kahpa will be on hand to start from here about 8 am. Coffee + bread + butter at 8 this am. Coffee again about 11. Lunchon or dinner about 12:30, barley soup with raisins + prunes in it - ham- bruger steak of lean meat, coffee. supper at 6-30, baked seal meat, cheese bread + butter a bit of slided smoked ham tea. I went hunting in my Mel- ville Bay undershirt this morn- ing and got 2.6 doing well? No wonder I had to scratch. Did not sleep very well last night under the feather cover on the sofa in the parlor office, missed my sleeping bag and the fresh cold air of the tent on the ice. glad I am not to stay here any longer. Nielsen + his wife are hos- pitable but he speaks English very poorly and she not at all. I speak no Danish and very little. weight 179k - wt/l = 173.8 lbs

2 May Wednesday, B. colnivor 68 51. Jan - 10° R = ca +10° F (9.5°) Passed a less uncomfortable night than before. Kolostengway in while I was hav- ing my coffee to ask for still more things, just as Marc said about the last desiries time for me to go ! Have given the men what I could from here calc to Kolostengway - sleeping bags + cans. pr karsti took too skin, pr Kamils, blanket shirt, to Ge- mendal snowshoes, to Tanchiniguay, skitch Hain. At 8.30 left house (gave each ser- vent 50 bre) and down afterwards was a way on Abel's sledge after saying goodbye to everyone. Stopped in front of igloos for a few minutes + ca nine o clock we were off in earnest, Abel + Katja with sledges and loads. Good going along the trail but rather hard away from it. Some good scenery - Reach- ed Toosuk about 2 p.m. and had quite a reception. The school master (65 yrs old) invited me to his house where I had coffee, bread + butter + cold boiled meat. I had some money ready to give him when his son's wife occupy- ing the other end of the house pressed off- ice on me so I accepted all as his hospitality. Then I was invited over to another igloo where I had more coffee and some good baking powder.

(69) head with raisins in it. While I was here some came to ask me to the next home - So I went and had still more coffee (5 very strong ones in all) and a bowl of delicious boiled fish - young hali - butfound I think. Here I got The skin of a young oglook for 2 kr., though I did not wish it my lunch. This is the home in wh. Dr. Cook staid three nights on his way south in 1909. I was glad of the food and appreciated the hospitality. Houses were surpris- ingly clean - a comparative sense - about 3-30 we left Toosak - High rugged mountains east of here. Reached Upernivik at 7.05 after a good days ride. Cordial greeting from Mr. Winterby and his wife and asst Thorson - But W- tells me that I cannot possibly get the second "Haus Egede" if I stay here, whereas the ice and going are good and I can make the sledge journey to Godhavn Disto, comfortably enough. I shall need a sleeping bag enroute + cannot get one here or south of here so I must send my beaskin tackle to Kolovotangway and get my own sack from him. He as well as I will be dirty. saw Rockeider pointed - directs flying

(70) 3 May Thursday overcast morning threatening afternoon and stormy evening with strong S or SE wind and some snow. This morning got from the store everything that I could for my furskimos, adding sugar coffee & cloth to their list and more tobacco than I expected to get, prices being lower here than I supposed that they would be - Abel and Kahpa got away about noon. Paid each man 13.50 to come who is the regular fixed rate for the journey from Tasiisaq. Dr. Breyden examined my heart and lungs this after noon and said that I seemed to him to be in very good condition probably benefited by my trip table to go on all night - Gov. Vinterberg put his seal on my furskimos - (Vinterberg) 4 May Friday Storm ceased during night the wind continued with strong north of day - Sunny fine most of day cloudy even- ing - 0°c this am. -10°c at 10 p.m. at 10 p.m. the man from Tasi isaq has not come in yet.

Hence I doubt my getting away tomorrow. Called on the minister's widow this afternoon with Mr Winterling as interpreter. She played on piano & sang for me. She has a rich contralto voice - she still w'd like to have me host in N.Y. The cards which she gave me in August 1915. Called again on Dr Bryden & had pleasant visit with him & his wife. She sat up for a little but today has been in bed six weeks with the fever (Typhoid?) [illegible] This is the great holy day of denmark which combines the holy days for all the saints of the catholic calendar. The Den mark is a Lutheran country. Store was not open & service was held in the little church. I attended it. Reading by an Esterian & singing Not very in Harmony - I was the only white person present except a small child in its nurse's arms. Martina Maestian Fluh is step mother nurse in the doctor's family. Bright appearing now. Mrs Bryden was a trained nurse & was in military hospital at Saloniki.

"during the Balkan war (seeing) me, I think). She speaks English well but French better and more to her own pleasure. She and her husband are very agreeable people, as are all the Danes here. Winterby is an exceptionally fine man. He + I converse in German - Winterby says that Peter was not mar- nied in Denmark, that he was engaged and the engagement broken off - Thorsen is a son of the Captain of the "Harris Eagle". Is 21 yrs old Winterby has three young children. Mrs Rosseer three and the doctor three W, is 42 yrs old Dr B must be ca 30 W has piped me out with a letter to the managers of the trading stations requesting their help for my jour- ney + with a letter of credit for 1600 kr (100 in addition to what I have used + had from him here) based on Rosseer's letter of credit. Forget oil for now - awfully sorry. 5 May Saturday B morning - Light NW -80 R = +74°F +17.6°F 14°7 man not in yet from Jasielsk. Will came in at 1pm, bringing my sleeping bag, toilet kit & shoes.

shoes but not my bear skin, Kolsoo - (73) Longway turned that in at Tasiusaq in trade + I have thus lost my best souvenir of the north. Had received my new canvas in the morn- ing + gotten my things pretty well together so that it did not take my long to get my [illegible] baggage all in order and hav- ing paid my adieux to Mrs Bryder + had a farewell cup of tea with [illegible] Mrs W, Mr Bryder and Thorsen. I got away for the south at 3:12 p.m. on Olee's [illegible] Kahmvotik, 8 dog, + another 4 dog sleigh with my baggage. Was on the sea ice around Sandersons hope and reached Kaersok without incidents or trouble at 6:40 Had coffee and good meat in the cafe of Peter Lestrom schoolmaster. He is 4 years old and guessed me to be 65! He had gotten 3 seals today while other men got none. Mountains here are 2 to 4000 ft high + [illegible] present very picturesque appearance with their precipitous walls. New line is the new noted from the "Clive" in 1915 as being somewhat like entrance to Yoremlite Valley. Left Kaersok with fresh baggage 17 dog sledge and reached Proven at 1:30 a.m. where to my great surprise

I found Eckblom spending the night (74 with Magnus Nielsen of the company's station . He were much pleased to see other. Mr Nielsen was very hospit- able. Bachelor. Cup of tea & turned in at 2.30 a. 6 May Sunday - R + clem - a beautiful spring day. Warm. Up at 9 am. Jonas Christiansen is out deel hunting. I want him to take me to Gyllosnit so I must wait over. No one else seems t want to go, but I hope for anyhow him. Since he is considered to be much the best man. Paid man from Upernavik t Kasserite 3 kr plus 50 ore. K to Prøven 6 +1+1 fordug hvor t Odde 10 +1+1 The last took me 1 kr too much, but then - ? Prøven is a rather important little place, formerly it was more important than Upernavik but not now. Hans eq- de III stops here. Church as well as trading station. Nielsen is factor. Temp 7h. -5.5 R = 20°F (19.6°) Jonas came in after supper & agreed to go to Gyllosnit with me. He is to get the second man This afternoon Ekt-I called on Agatha) Jonas's wife. Jaloo is rather pretentions, wholly above

"ground and one does not have 25- to stop much to pass thro the entrance which is provided with night-doors. Two rooms, one of wh. is the kitchen wh must be traversed to get into the living room. All scrupulously clean to the universal odor of these Eskim homes is quite noticeable - we had seal meat & coffee. Great friends of kind Bus-misses - Jones got a long ride today 7 May Monday Overcast + threatening Wind S.W. 2 Temp. - 2° R = 27.5° F. Mr Nielsen wld accept no payment for my stay. He is a very intelligent man of 28. Makes good impression & Ek says that he is a fine fellow, has been in Greenland about 5 yrs & is going home next year to get married. Has a considerable library of stan- dard fiction. About 11 o'clock Ek + his companion got away followed in a quarter hour by Jones with me on his kihnootok and Julius Thorleifson with my baggage. Snow had already begun to fall and it increased rapidly in amount and atmosphere was thick. We lost the trail within Jones 11 dogs Julius &

"a mile of Prion and had some trouble in finding it. In an hour or more we overtook Ek so we were off the trail. We forged ahead and succeeded in getting across the bay + then skirted the coast of Kefntaksoak. Open water was seen but did not force us onto the ice foot. Storm increased but we were in the lee of the high cliffs and the temperature was not low. Snow soft and deep for last 5 or 6 miles to Jepsen and air was so fog laden that our men missed the way and circled twice after Ek told me it was only a mile farther. The third attempt was successful and at 5:30 we got to Jensen house, to my great relief + I guess that all were glad. It was the most disagreeable day on the whole, I think, on which I traveled since leaving Stok Jensen has a girl of 14 ani - a boy of 9[illegible] and a girl of 11 at home. A neat drink down this way is a home-brewed ale. Rather palatable. Jensen has a German victor + we had some music + dancing by the two children in Denmark + one (that Peter) also.

(7) by the local people. Ek tells me that the natives at Prøven had a dance the last night, on account of my arrival and that this is a rather gen- eral custom. Ek told me at Prøven that he did not remember saying anything to Henrik on the way back from Etah about tobacco and that he does not believe that he could have said what Henrik imputed to him, for he would not have done so. All that Ek recalls is that Rasmussen said that Haark had he (R.) was going to pay Henrik 15 crowns for the trip. This evening the SW storm has ceased and the wind veered to the NW, with drop in temperature. 8 May. Tuesday. B. calm. temp. -10°C. good promise of favorable weather for me to continue jour- nay tomorrow. My men as well as I wish to stay here 5 day to dry our outfit and get outfitted for the trip. In spite of the drop in temp I am to retain the extra sledge which I engaged last night - Moses Carlson as a trail breaker to Noon temp. -10°C

Jensen Have arranged (78) with Ujelsen to have made and sent to Godhavn for the Museum two complete outfits of man's & woman's clothing. It is to attend to the payment for the garments it to relieve Jensen of any complication with the Royal Danish Trading Co. The cost will be 150-200 kr. Bought some new camping uten- sits in addition to food for men and dogs. Six days rations for us two from men & one feed for dogs - Hope to get a seal or two en route. Plan now is to start at 5 a.m. Tomorrow and press on to Igdloresuit in two march, spending one night only at Maligiate on the way. Am giving Elk a letter approving his giving up his leave and trip in February and authorizing him to take the Hans grade III for NY, via Copenhagen from Godhavn or Upernivik (preferably Godhavn) if the "Dannebrog" or other relief ship does not come earlier. 4 p.m. Temp. -11° C The sky became overcast and patchy snow began to fall Another southwester is probably

beginning and our tomorrow start [79] is doomed. 60th & E has been with me to see the new church, which is to be com- pleted this summer. A neat little edifice who will seat 100+ people seems too large for this village of less than 200 inhabitants. The old church is a minute affair faced with turf like the houses. Great mortality from tuberculosis through this part of Greenland, due in large part to the manner of housing. The people do not get out into foothills in summer, like those of Cape Seldon and Northland. They have considerable rain here, but occasionally in winter. Julius's enthusiasm for the trip has oozed out and he does not wish to go any further. Says that his family needs him too much to bear with his taking the risk I delayed return &c. are going therefore to release him - and after some looking around at getting Lars Vil- liamson to go part way as guest with me. 9 May Wednesday Overcast + morning but calm here not all

(80) pentagonous for my trip but Jones is not discouraged yet for he sent word back to his wife by Julius not to worry about him for he would turn out in good time. Julius and three others started for Pollen about 9 o clock = at noon the report is that Mess has backed out! noon out -2 C 4h-4 O 8h-1 snow quite all day 10 May - Thursday. Snowing calm Temp 8 a.-2, 12m-9, 4h-11, 8h-15 C Had a miserable night with vomiting + burping from 11h to 4 a Took a small dose of castor oil about 7.30 a + aspirin et in- two this afternoon. Have felt rather weak all day but am better this evening - was afraid that I might have gotten the typhoid infection at Uppermink, but I guess now that it was merely indigestion. Have had no headache with it yet! Toward noon a norther N.W. wind puff up and the weather began to clear promising better conditions forthwith. Going to put skis into the sledge annexes but Jones says that it will be best not to do this till day after tomorrow.

Some sledges are going across the bay (81 Tomorrow breakfast and we can see their frozen trails. However, good horses to go just any with me making 3 sledges in all 11 May - Friday - Somewhat overcast but the wind is still N.W. at noon. Blue ice during night and was calm at 8 a.m. Temp. 8a - 15°, 12m - 12°, 4p. - 14°, 8p. - 15° C Barometer has been rising slowly for 24 hrs. Men returning this morning say that the ice is becoming good for travel. I am feeling much better - had a good nights sleep and guess that I am all right again - Testimony to the efficacy of castor-oil & aspirin. Evening Jones thinks it not wise to start until we have had a day or two of sun to settle the snow on the south side of S. was Sandmark. Now probably much deep of soft snow there now and practically im-pos- sible - New difficulties seem to come to mind continually, but Jones is said to be the best man in the region and reliable. We are obliged to depend on his sincerity - He says that he will take me through if it seems prac- ticable -

"Most numbers of the 'sleeping shark' are caught by hook here & throughout this region. Valuable principally for their livers for oil. The fish are from 7 to 15 or more feet long and livers of 200 lbs weight have been obtained. Excellent cod and hounders are caught here too at times. Shark today within 165 lbs weight Pove is chief center of shark fishing 12 May - Saturday - Sunshining day, with thin cirrus & other clouds at times in sky - Mostly calm but light NE & E wind occasionally - Ba. Stations falling a little - Not wholly promising but Ek thinks that I shall have no particular trouble, after a day or two more of waiting here, in getting this to Sarsk, tho' he doubts my being able to cross the Vaigat on the ice. Jensen expresses some anxiety. Temp. - 8a - 14°; 12m - 11°; 4p - 14°; 8p - 18°C This afternoon Ek and I walked out to the shark fishing ground and saw two sharks caught. They were 7-8 feet long. Stomach of one contained two cod fish &c and the other three chunks of walrus meat with the skin on. We wondered whether the walrus was one that had been killed off Petersvik - but walruses are frequent at Swarten hule, south of here.

New snow and slush is about 15 inches deep. Shute hole is about a mile from the village. Water is 80-90 fathoms deep, rock bottom with crinices in it. The hole lined when good brings $3\frac{3}{4}$ ore a pound at the station, hence some days are very profitable to the fishermen. Many interesting marine forms could doubtless be secured from the stomachs of the fish. He says that Captain Hansen told him that one year's fishing (1913-194?) from Thule had been sold at auction in London for $90,000. He does not believe the state ments that the Thule station is not pro fitable even self-sustaining except posting or that it has only but many little Peter of North Star Bay in Jensen's son he & his went out the "Danimark" and Leo came back across Melville Bay in $\frac{1}{2}$- the same party with Skt. was sick all the way. 13 May - Sunday - Few light cirrus clouds, light NW wind lee, but strong N.W. outside. Temp 8a-14°; 12m-15°; 4p-16°; 8p-20°C Seems a shame not to be utilizing such beautiful weather for continuing my journey, but the three men who came back from P-strom yesterday evening

"84 at 10 after being fifteen hours on the way. The trip takes about four hours under fair conditions and took us a little more than six. The deep fresh snow was the difficulty. The storm seems to have covered a large area and to have given 15-18 in. snow or level. The factor's house here is very old. It is built of one course of brick faced with about the feet of turf. Jensen gets 1400kr salary, wh, for certain reasons, is 400 more than this place usually pays. He is 47 yrs old, has served the company 23 yrs + after two yrs more of service may retire on 800 kr pen. sion. Local coal is the fuel used in 5 uper mines. It is dug from a cliff on the other side of the fjord 8-10 miles south of here. It are equals cannel coal in appearance and character. Beautiful day all day but we wish it had been warm enough during the middle of it to soften the snow so that a good crust would be formed during the night. Barometer is low (760mm) having come down steadily for two days from 769, but otherwise the promise is for good weather to continue."

14 May, Monday. Overcast + a little rain. 9am snow falling. Wind about Nw, rising. Temp. 8a -11°; 12m -10° A new difficulty has arisen, for now Jonas has backed out and returns to Proven To-day. His ostensible reason is that the tide is most likely to carry out the ice between him and Proven before he can got back from Egllorsuit. This may be true, Ek says, but he thinks that adverse interests have been at work through Jen- son or the catechist. Jenson says that the catechist has butted in and made the trouble. Ek says that the catechist is a meddler but that Jenson is too and perhaps even more so, and that this is only a repetition on a smaller scale thus far, of the trouble that he and Dr Hunt had here in February. Jonas is considered such an Althman that the influences have been brought to bear in an indirect way, says Ek. Now I am throwing back onto Lars and Cornelius to go together + Moses to go to Kangarsuk or Maligataq, with the hope of getting Magnus at Kangarsuk to go with me. Lars is the man who took Dr. Hunt from Suartarkut and is first class, but Cornelius is not good and reliable. Magnus is ok if

I can get him - Lars says that we (86 will start tomorrow, if the weather is fa- vorable. Although the withdrawal of Jonas is dis- couraging and somewhat of a handicap, considering Cornelius as a substitute, I do not like to turn back without making further effort and Elk advises going on, at least until Lars wants to give up the project. Lars says that he does not believe that the snow below Swartenhuk is impossible. This too seemed to be Jonas's opinion, yest to yesterday anyhow, and he has no different version this one man- Jersen gave me a - pretty woman tells this room - why? Evening when Moses came in from sent hunting he backed out from the jour- nay but now - another man, Lauretz Carlson by name appears on the scene. He has long been eager to go to Iglussuit but has not had clue enough. With the loan of one man Elk and two from Jersen he can make of a pretty good team and I have engaged him to go all the way through, making three Kabino- tits for the entire journey to Igloorsuit and Elk thinks that I will get through all right. They are Lars Williamsen in charge - Cornelius Thorlielsen and Lauretz Carlssen.

(87) 15 May Tuesday Thin clouds - light S or SE wind Temp 7am -14° C P'd Jensen but seeing board for self 8 days 24km, Jensen 7 days 7 km Julians 2 day 2.1k. This morning you as far, Bauleta 3 ksr, Sophie 1ks, Margreta 1kr + Anne (daughter') 1 kr. Everything seemed to be all right + satisfactory and I got away with my three companions a little before 9 ocl - in fact ca. 8:30 by my watch. Erik has been of the greatest help to me here and I have enjoyed visiting with him, while my call has been a welcome break to him in the monotonous life of the place. He has loaned my men 3 (or 4?) of his dogs thus depriving himself, if this is true, but he says kindly that he is as almost done with sledding anyhow - Lars & Konelius & Launety 7 days Reached Kangarsuk at ca. 2:40 p.m. Six hours for a journey that would not take more than 2 or 3 with good ice, but the go- ing is very bad though the track is broken for half the distance - Snow is soft and about 15 inches deep - more in places - and there is much "foodmush" i.e. mush underlying a few inches of snow. Perhaps two miles from Kangarsuk we over- took a boy dragging a freshly killed seal to the settlement. We stopped + Con. nelius took out his knife & cut out the fat of the seals liver, which we five had.

(89) needed to eat, together with Huffer - First time for me on raw lin. not pork. All right, when one is hungry. Four igloos here + I am quartered in that of Magnus, an energetic and an- vicious young man - No board lining to this igloo, merely walls of turf, sorted over with turf resting on a few sticks and plants. South floor: [illegible] One cut window + one little one of a very small pane of glass. Very unattractive even as compared with the Cape York district igloos as I know them - but I presume that they are not as attractive now as when weather is drawing near as they were during the summer, when the cold keeps down some of their bad features - The seal was brought in and Magnus' wife had it cut up and the stom punched in short order. I had some boiled seal meat + coffee for lunch. The women were very grateful for the cup of tea, sugar and bread that I brought them. Cornelius is a very weak member of the family but it seems best to keep him - In fact I doubt whether I could do anything else, for it is not likely that I could get Magnus to go on in his place - He scarcely keeps within hailing distance when I am heading. Sanity is some what better, perhaps -

16 May. Wednesday. Overcast, but (89) Sun not completely hidden. Calm or nearly so. My lightish breath at times - about same temp as yesterday. Magnum & Carpan came in last eve- ing with five seats four of wh ich I brought into Magnum's cafe @ 7 & cut up before I could go to bed... One of the young women here is named Al- neerak and her four year old daugh- ter the same. I did not like the prospect of sleeping on the bed platforms with so many people & I told Lars that I will sleep on the floor if not inconvenient for the family. After I had gotten settled there Lars + three others bunked there too! And there were five(six) adults and three children on the platform - not much room to spare. Up at 4 o clock and away at 6.30 after giving Magnum a bottle for dog meat to side the stuff that I brought down in exchange for fun entertainment. Wanted to take some meat along but Lars objected, saying that he filled her chamber to get cool or warm on the ice. We are now (4pm) on the beach opposite the SW point of the island off campamento. Had been going all

"[90]" day + [illegible] says that we had better sleep out here tonight. We have been over four in the march but I doubt whether we have averaged more than two miles an hour - This leaves ten miles, or five hours, to Malignate and I am ready to stop though we have no tank. [illegible] says that it will not blow or snow tonight. I wonder? He just now saw six seals on the ice from the place to which he climbed in the land and the two young men have gone hunting. Hope for success, since we have no meat for selers or dogs - Have had a little reasonably good going today. Does not seem to be getting worse anyhow + Magnus assumed for that it will improve - [illegible] is crowding over Jones now. We have fled the way more than half the time today. In an hour the two boys came back from their hunt with no seals, hence we have to content ourselves with tea, biscuit + a slice of chocolate each for dinner - clear sky at seven o'clock - 17 May. Thursday - B - calm - between 0° + 10° F, probably on 0° F; I think for my sleeping bag was well frosted by my breath last night - First night in 14

(9) years that I have slept out, I think that the last previous time was on Mt Pele' in 1903, when I suffered much more from the cold than I did last night, in that I was not at all cold but right, be- ing much more comfortable than I was in Magnus's igloo its night before. Had coffee and biscuit for breakfast and got away from camp at 7 o'clock - a beautiful day. We headed up the little bay and had come overland to Ma- lignite, the wayfarers' hut opposite the black headland called Sixteen Mile. An easy ride + an interesting change in the scenery. We came at a pretty good pace and I need not have gotten off- the kahmsoftik at all but I did get off for the shortest part of the ascent to the first divide - far that me to get on again. This is the region where snow is going too thick for riding on the return. We crossed some old track. Divide is 400-500 ft above sea. Reached hut at 1:30 p. glad we did not take the 6 1/2 hr ride yesterday morn- ing. It would have been hard + the tree wind had been the opening up of the hush kinds, which later came on account of drifted snow of interior forest. It was glad of my koolies for 2 hrs this morning. Cometly started night after a meal.

ice without waiting for tea or biscuit - (9.2 I am trying now to dry out the room, but can't use my (Eks) primus as lack of small supply of oil. There is a little stove in the room + coal enough, however. The hut is of turf lined with boards + is about 8x10 ft floor + 6ft high inside + good window + entrance is not too low. At 5 pm sky was pretty well clouded over + some 32 wind (perhaps 2) wind was blow- ing. The big mountain in the centre of the peninsula is cloud covered + I guess that it is blowing a bit on the plateau. Sars has found some old seal flippers in the shed. He says that they are good and they are now for a pot on the stove.. They were good tasting much like kipfeet. 18 May - Friday - B.S.2 2, not very cold. coffee + biscuit at 6 o'ce after a good night's rest. Bed platform too short for it. Lars. He + I then the boys on the floor in corners double sleeping bag - Lars 41, Larnetz 22, Corneta 20 Clouded over by time we were off, at 6.50 - 7a - On sea ice going comparatively good snow not being deep. Bluff at point J suggested to be called by Estimator in main for a better fit. Just before noon Lars shot a

(95) A seal in the ice but it was an old male + so foolish that we ate none of it . gave near 5 clops - quite a night. Cacked skin + flubber. Ran into three snow storms + cold wind near point + beyond also soft snow obstructed progress - Coolcat Lanny got a young one about 3:11 stopped at grocery across bay from air house eat liver, liver + chumst were cooked meat - fine Rock is basalt(?) with abundant spheroidal re-erupted amygd. crudes top + bottom of floors 9 May Saturday B. Calm . Seen warm in sun got away from grotts by 6:30 a.m. Sans having gone ahead in skies at 6:20 - I followed with his team. Long, long day across the seemingly interminable bay under a broiling sun. Sans says its so hot on face + neck did not soften snow or cause a drop of water to run from the numerous

Inqia ice trip. Reached north point (94) Iceland at 8.20 p.m. by my watch but 9 p. by clock in eyjoor when we stopped an hour for seal meat & coffee. Reached Igloosmiut at 10.20 h (11h) & routed factor Nielsen out of bed. I could not understand him or make him understand me as well as Lars & I got along with man on bay who is a good man with good dogs according to Lars & engaged them for the week. Home Abram. Think some shine into my windows at midnight saying - dirty photography. "warm" 20 May 13 - calm. warm. got Lars to get me another men everything o.k. apparently Nielsen will accept no fee from me & four amounts 1k. fee. Supplies 4.7! This little station renders much shark liver oil. Nielson's house is very comfortable - Paid off my men and they seem contented & happy. Got under way at just noon, hour time, (see my watch), Abram with 9 dogs and a large comfortable Kahi-mootik & other men Jens with 8 dog and my luggage. Reached Okaseesik at 8 o clock after a (Wkusigsa)-

"95" side that was practically the fun - section of sledding. Must have averaged fully 5 miles an hour, for dogs trotted or galloped all the way, no walking + very few stops. First two hours we had a broad well beaten trail to settlement on south side big island east of Igloo - inlet (coal?) and good trail beyond soon leading onto new ice. Then we had four hours on new ice none of which had more than 1 1/2 - 2 inches of snow on it, much had no snow only the efflorescent crystals and some was so new that it did not even have the efflorescence but was all black. My heart was in my mouth but our light kahnootiles did not bend the ice. About 6 o'clock we came into older young ice with perhaps three inches of snow on it. At 6:15 reached important shark holes, which I estimated this 350 or - 400 were on its ice, and there had well traveled trail to the station. Scenery grew better as we came southward and is grand in this section of Umanak Fordersonal. Jagged forms due to frost action show prominently every where, serrate ridges and sharp points being the rule. In front (N?) of Okersee - site is a mountain rising precipitously by from the water to a height of 3000 (?) feet, abounding in cathedral spires,

pinacles and buttresses. lower part (96 of mountain is gray gneiss, between forms of upper bas suggest that it is limestone. Coal abounds in south. western part of big island east of gjdlorssuit. used as fuel all about here. Very convenient for the little settlements above referred to 2 lbs pr gjdlosmit .I saw then a man walking along base of bluff toward igloos apparently with a load of coal + paths in the snow lead up to places where the coal is dug out of the banks. Great- numbers of gules (burgomaster) and seerues nest in some of these lofty precipices. shore fishery works are. common quantity of meat, for none of the fish but the ling is used, except when other flesh is very scarce. The meat greatness a kind of drunkenness or crazy- ness in a dog when he eats it. was beginning to snow a little when reached Okazeelit. Station here is in charge of an Eskimo who looks tome as if he had some negro blood in his veins. Name is Pidi. He says that it is 11 miles (=44 mil.) to gjdlorssuit + 7 (=28) to Umanak.. Our average hike this afternoon was therefore 5 1/2 mil, without allowing for stops or deviating from direct course- Urkausigat

21 May Monday - Snow did (9) not amount to anything during night the tree still are some fluctus in the air - slept comfortably in my sleeping bag in the office room thankful that I did not have to put up with the crowded filthy gen eral room - Paid Pidi 4/kr for accomo modation. Island is 1 guess (lomb) Had two boiled steaming turbotfisher Away at 9.30 weather improving + snow became fine. Olaseelik yet. To name from important source of soapstone on the island and the igloo Opposite (west). Olaseelik is a great precipitous rock mass with at least two great nearly horizontal milind hills in it. Picturing 50m then end of Olaseelik Island presents i- ical cliffs 1200-1300ft high toward south - encountered great areas of black ice in middle of channel. I just I we crossed one for 1/2-2 mi. to my great Refidation the my men went into action without hesitation or test. I was thankful to reach Thoroughfare on south side of the big sea. The cold weather that prevailed while I was at S. Upernivik seems to have made this ford

possible for me and made it (98 unnecessary to make the long detour further inland. Passed through many fields of rough ice where I did not see anything how the Kahnootik could advance but the dogs pulled it through all right with me on it all the time & Abram there most of it. Three or four times I got off to let trying lift the sledge over a crease which one or both runners struck head on. The Unmak is a striking mountain rising --- 3720 feet out of the sea Sides are precipices and top is said to be in - accessible. Really "Lent shaped", the heart being set ventricles up. Present- ed beautiful appearance with its shift- ing mantle of light cloud + its great summit streamer. Had to go down the west side & cross over the land near south end of Island to the settlement Pretty little lake on divide - Arr 4:10p. Warm welcome from all the Danes Met Governor Matthiessen + wife + two young daughter, Asst Hoon, wife, young daughter + Son, Miss Fleicher (she is cousin to Mrs Matthiessen + both me cousins to Knud Rasmussen) Miss Christensen, who [band of humbledepressors brings out great over- tuned "S" in south side Unmakskirt]

(99) here for a year or two teaching Morris children English, Pastor Sorensen and wife, Mrs Bertelsen (mother of the physician) Dr. Bertelsen being all of a fever I did not see him though I called to pay my respects. Think I did not meet his wife, who is an other cousin of Rasmussen's & is daughter to Fletcher at Ikarasak. Matthiesen's oldest daughter is Ester a sweet little girl of 10 yrs., who seemed to take a great shame to me. Has a little hospital. Ice is so liable to go out that it looks best for me to proceed without delay. Abram & Jens wanted to take me on to Ikarasak & I was glad to have them since they are good men, Abram taking me of the best drives that I have been in Greenland. My watch was nearly an hour slow & I set it ahead. Under way again about 10 p.m. Abram now having 11 dogs, having gotten two from Pastor Sorensen against a promise of five dog skins. Was sorry to leave the hospitable Danes here so soon. Started out over black ice, then tra- versed much rough ice - at mid-night stopped at some igloo where we got seal meat & loose & made some tea. From here on the going was perfect,

over safe ice with about an inch (100) Y snow on it. arr.at J 22 May Tuesday Arr. Henasake at base 1 "Little Ummamate" mondmin at 4:20 a.m. and sorted Jens Fleicher out of bed, but he was cheerful & cor dial. He is K.R.'s uncle - Was born in Upernivik + is 70 yrs old tho he does not look to be 60. Remembers Hull, Kane, Hayes, the Chinkerie W[illegible] Turned in at 6:10 and slept well till after 12 + got up about 1 pm. Had delicious fried Flammign breasts for dinner Flag up. Arr going on tonight with 3 Kahnwuts. Hul present wit[illegible] Jens Fleicher who is a rather comical person - I will take no pay for myself or others Kander can at 7-4th. temp - 6.5 C gotta 9 dogs then 8 + 00les (or bodie) 8 23 May Wednesday arr Keker Tak at 6:30 a.m. after an interesting ride over the land, which enjoyable too, with the exception of 1/2 - 1/4 mile of walk down a spred sled on a 30° slope of soft snow with occasional patch of longions hard snow. This little way was the most severe tax on me I think of anything in the whole trip, though (Major Karsuatsuk)

(101) struggling through the hoodmud of Melville Bay would have been worse, had I undertaken the same distance in it at one time. We were about two hours on service to foot of land trail, seven hours coming etc. back, and an hour in reaching Kelataki after resting for a brief hour on receiving service -- but one half-hour without al- lowing anything for steps. The night was cloudless and beautiful though rather cold - at 6:10 p. (14 mi in 2 hrs) Leaving sea ice we ascended narrow gorge called Eleven for about three miles then turned sharp ly to west and went up long steep slope that I should have thought to be too steep to be our route -- But I left on the sledge except for last 20 feet of the climb for nice - I began to see why the men wanted two kah- sneekets for my baggage, little as it is. Top of this slope seemed to be about 1000 ft above the sea. The sledge reached at 11 p. m. Then route for more than an hour was fairly good till we got to the base of the great precipitous talus slopes of Major Karensatsiak rising about 1500 feet above us (3160 ft). We were at the head of a great valley leading to the west, which I thought might be our route but it was nil, for we turned southeast hard and began on a two-mile stretch along up the snow-covered talus

of the west side of the mountain, where that (102) the 6th half mile walk already referred to Glaciers descend the south side of this valley fine scenery. Maps shows long tortuous Narrow lakes stretching off to NW some 30 miles. Great ice cap to SW, ice cliffs showing on summit of one of cliffs - South of mountain we walled through some deep snow and at 1.30 a m. we passed a small red rock set up on a large board to mark the middle & culmination of trail. This must be fully 2,000 feet above the sea. Forward southeast - a magnificent view is presented along Lake Tasersnute, which is 15 miles long by 2-3 miles wide and flanked by great mountains & precipices, the ice- capped ice cap rising in distant back. ground. Here began our long descent to the sea, some of which was exciting a magnific view with nopebrau on the new area. On one cheek slope the sledge gave sudden lurch when threw side off - The Sledge was on its side dragging me along but foot ([illegible]) kept it from stopping the team before any injury was inflicted and the incident furnished only a good laugh all around. Reached sea ice at just 5 a.m. Had been outward valley while glen gorge - even all way across plateau some moderate 2 miles on reaching sea ice then calm again

Carl Fleicher is 92 yrs old and is some (103) what broken mentally. He seems well, but is not always continuous in his mental process. He speaks a little English, but communication is different. He buy a small boat that Whynifer used in 1869 (?) and still uses it. Anne just I think my is new - Jens Fleicher was with Whynifer. about 9 o'clock I turned in on the floor in Fleicher's office room + parlor and slept until till 6 p.m. My "bed" was quickly made, a canvas skin being laid on floor, on this a down bed with a sheet in it and another down bag for a cover - They have been very short of dog food here this winter and have killed or let die most of their dogs - Now there is plenty of dried shark meat, wh. makes good food the drying removing the intoxicating properties of the fresh meat - Jens Fleicher says that the intoxication is due to Salt. At 10-30h. temp is -10° R = 9.5°F, remark- able low for May. I thought that temp on Plateau last night was below 0° F. 24th May. Thursday. Weather still fine. Smo thin clouds - Rather warm but what wind there is is from the north. Slept another good eight hours last night + therefore have made up for lost time. Flag up on my account.

late last evening learned that the old man had engaged two men to take me over to Sarkasak in spite of the strenuous effort that I had made to make him understand that I had already engaged two of my Herasare men for the job. This morning I found that all three of my men loading their Kahmowtiks for the trip, apparently another of the old man's mistakes, but I laid off Ole and took only Johan and Hans. Mr. Flich er had told me that the route over the sea ice to Sarkasak was fine and that I could easily make the trip in two hours. but we took to the land at the little settlement just before reaching the turning point of the mainland and kept to it for about two hours before we could use the service again, a path that had evidently been followed for many days. The descent to the sea ice was exciting enough over some very steep slopes. As we ap- proached Sarkasak we crossed several leads, one of which was falling three feet across. The dog jumped well and dragged the Kahmowtike over with a bound, the rear ends of its runners striking the water. At another place we traversed several loose cakes of ice -

(105) Quick, skillful work by both drivers and dogs. John's nine dogs are the largest and best that I have had in South Greenland and are the only ones near the northern dogs in quality - that I have seen except two or three belonging to Governor Mathiesen. Left Keletale about 9 a.m. and reached Sarkate about 12.30 p.m. - 16 eng. miles. But they can't spot me on land. Conditions here seem good. John Range (52) is an intelligent man apparently just returning. He says that I shall probably be able to cross the Vaigatt by boat within a few days. It is mostly open water now but there is much loose ice in it and too much strong young ice forms every night now for safe passage by boat. The first S.E. wind to come will break up the young ice and drive away the old. Johus Gabrielsen lives here. Out sealing in his kayak when I arrived, but he called to see me about 5 p.m. He said that he was going to take me across and that we should surely be able to go soon - Temp 8:30 h - 0° C Sarkate 32 hours 200 pop. Keletale 100 "

cost of journey from Wherriner (106) to Sarkate kr.335 or ca $90 making cost from Etah ca $280, including my own living for two months (but this would have cost nothing at Etah) but not including the cost of supplies taken with me from Etah (paraffin-$1.30, dog biscuit 4.50, wheat flour .4, kerosene 2.50, alcohol 3, meal 10 = $1.51) 25 May. Friday Clear night, scattered thin clouds this morning. Temp ca -2° C wind E-SE. 1-2 or SE. incr to SW later . 2:30h, +3° This is first Danish house that I have met thus far in it windows are not hermetically sealed & last night I enjoyed having a window open in my room. Called on Tobias this morning. He has a little house with two rooms & aid me for an Eskimo. Proud of his pictures of Our- made East Greenland Expedition + his de-coraton + will be may be . Saw graph photos containing Peter Freuchen in a dress suit + no hand cuffs nroustrachy + short hair . He looked odd enough of- has been a cloudy run day with the earlier wind. Although this has not been strong here, it has driven away much of the ice in the Vaigat 16 May, Saturday B. calm. Temp ? but about 32° 7 - Flag up in my honor

(10) Had scarcely finished dressing this morning when Mrs Range came in and told me that con- ditions seemed favorable for crossing the Raigar today. Everything was in a bustle at once. I changed to my traveling costume, packed my things, some from clothing still being wet from washing, and the boat was off a few minutes before 10 o'clock. My hosts would take no pay for my accommodation, I think that Mr L. will have done so but mother Mrs L. said "No, no! Only give Margreta something!" So Margreta got 2 kr and the other girl 1 kr. The former being done my washing. First time boat has been in the water this season. A good whole boat. Had six men: four oars men, one steerer and one man in how to fend off ice. Did not need the extra man, for we encountered almost no ice the whole way across & the sea was like glass most the way. It was a summer day's excursion, save for

the snow covered land and (108) the sea ice and ice bergs not far away. Reached the packed ice at Wjangaqsagut at 3 p.m. - very good time for the 16 miles. Landed across 200-300 yards of the pack. The men started back again from the [illegible] at 4.30 + shld be at Sandale in four to fiv hours, hence they make a good thing of it, each gone getting two days pay for the journey - Power 1/- per headay Steerer 1.25- per day + boat 2/- per day Total 16.50 plus a fee 1/ 25 pr each - The men did not start at 4.30 but at 7.45 after The prices charged by the Royal Danish Trading Co. for the goods sold ate their stores are low, e.g.: cub sugar 25 ore 1/2 kg candy syrup 4/4 ore (Copenhagen 85 pr), matches 20 øre 1/kg of 10 boks, chocolate 2 grade 1or 1.20 for 1/2 lb, coffee green kr 1 for 1/2 kg, candedish plums smoking tobacco 1 oz for 10 pr or 1/4 1.44 for 1/2kg by the box as The prices are said to be the same as or lower than at Copenhagen for the same thing - Medicines are supplied bandages and medical attendance are

given to the Greenlanders gratis (109) The prices given for skins and other products are low too but they can- have favorably enough with those charged elsewhere. They give 10 kr for a blue fox skin. It seems as if the Thule station were not much of a missionary enter- pise after all since the prices charged there for goods are very high and those given for skins are but little better than here. Ras- mussen charges kr 12 for a sky- glass which is not so good as that sold at Upernavik for kr 17; 25 ore for a jute of tobacco sold at Uperm- for 12 prc etcetera. He gives kr 12 for a blue fox skin. Eke told one that Capt Hansen told him that Rasmussen sold his fox skins for one year (1914?) at auction in Lon- don for £18000. But Rasmussen told me last summer that his station had not met its ex- penses for three years! What

one believe? K.R. sent me a box of "Alarm" cigars at Etah last winter as a gift saying that they were the "very best to be obtained in South Greenland". But I learn from the official pamphlet of the company that these are the second best, Navillu being the best and on sale at Uper- nirk when K.R. was there last winter. K.R. saddled Jobies onto last winters C.L.I. party as "inter- [?] preter" but Ek + strut with their knowledge of northern Eskimos & their command of Danish had far less need of an interpreter than I have had. I have gotten along all right & much cheaper than they did and Ek says that he had no use for Jobies - it was a way for K.R. to get Jobies home again to Santok at the expense of the Museum for salary and transportation. This and the seemingly excessive cost of the trip of Ek + strut to Upernirk certainly have the appearance of an imposition that I much dislike to set to K.R.'s account.

Undoubtedly the presence of Drusho (111) Almaluqna and Leo Jensen, besides To- bias as passengers, added considerably to the expense of the trip N.S.B. to Uperni- vik. Who bore this? Leo was sick all the way across Melville Bay and had to be carried from tent to sledge and back. He was too sick to walk even that much most of the way. I find that I have three muskets (5 carry to Godhavn for J. Lange & Sænde! My conscience is clean regarding not having to pay for my stay at his house. And I have about ten pounds of mail from Vinterberg et al. en route for godhavn and the south - so I guess that I am deserving of some of the favors shown and help given me. [N.B. Did not take muskets along.] 27 May Sunday. Thin clouds - N.W. 1-2. Much ice has drifted back between her and Sænde, so that this would not have been as good a day for crossing the Vaigat as yesterday was apparently. Fred Lange, brother to Josen, has six daughters and four sons - all and the mother are bright looking, straighty and clean. Quite a family to support on a very small salary - of perhaps Kr. 1000. Flag up, being Sunday attended service this a.m. in the little Srd church. About 70 of the population [100]

were crowded into the room ca 16'x24' in 11/2 dimensions & hermetically sealed. 14-13 1 space occupied by altar, stove & melodeon. Lutheran service conducted by catechist - He + organist wore black anoraks with and standing white (celluloid) collars. The lounge girls + mothers were togged out in their best finery - white karnits, embroid- ered white upper stockings, new pants and fancy anoraks & wore gay silk head kerchiefs. The mother wore a black velvet anorak. Got away at 1 p.m. my Kalmusitik haring 11 dogs with Emil Lange as driver + the other 9 dogs with Samson Petersen driving. Very so warm that I wore my sweater only without neck till 11 p.m. - drove for several miles (2 hrs) on ice foot ex- cept over one point for short distance - all very well except for the close freez- trinity of a drop into the sea - took to land and crossed extensive fen for miles. Samson shot an old squire. The bird flying up into land & ducking, flying about 100 yards from us. I fired at one showing only its head but the shot was too fine for me. Emil fired at two flamingos who were almost in line and tore one all to pieces with bullet from my gun - had to feed to a dog. Lots of water birds. and fowl.

along the extensive shoals east end of Disco Island - saw mine Flamingo on the journey. Crossed the bay on the sea ice and came to an empty igloo at 10-30 p.m. Snow now seem a [illegible] feet deep here since it covered iglos com- pletely leaving only the stove pipe stick- ing with mark locations. My boys dug out door way and went into house, but came out saying that it was "no good". Lighted mails primus had coffee and start- ed in all from overland. A pretty good crest had now formed on the soft snow I went along south side of island sometimes in the land and sometimes on the sea. Reached Stansen at just 5 a.m. Y. 28 May, Monday after a rather stormy but not un- interesting journey of 18 hours - Guss- lev, [illegible], is factor here + his wife is sister to We We. They were much in- terested of course to get news from itah. The trip from [[Jeragsagput had not been without incident additional to oo- took & bids. Ize is getting treacherous now. Giving a crack, Stansen's sledge broke the case which it struck and let its near go down 15 inches into the water, but my tin box probably pro- jected its contents + Stansen did not get wet. While crossing the [illegible]

ice of the bay and at least a mile from (114) the water, Emile's sledge broke through a rotten place in it and let his side down so that he got in above his knees and part of the load got wet. Fortunately for me the dogs dragged us out onto sol- [illegible] ice before my side broke through com- pletely, and I did not get in. But I lost my relish for service travel so far south at this time of year! The night was clear, calm and not very cold. The disk of the moon was well above the northern hills at midnight and the moon in her first quarter hung in the west. I must have slept about 6 a.m. sleep fairly well till 1 p.m. Homemade canvas cot in corner of the single room, partly pro- tected from the drafts. Pot-boiled plauri- gam for my breakfast-dinner. Geisler said that we had better start at 9 h.m. with those sledges. Lay on bed platform for a time and promptly dropped off into a deep sleep when I heard someone is playing accordion, and soon a lively dance was in progress, the Greenlanders being very fond of this kind of amusement. Flag me in my honor. Give them all paper, I needles. Geissler is a skillful carver, intager and maker of model kayaks &c.

[written 31-V] Got away from Skansen at (115) 9 h.m. in Geissler's kalmmotik, 9 dogs, my bag- yage being taken by Adam, 8 dogs, and Jus- tave, 8 dogs. There was so much water on the sea ice that we kept to the ice foot for about two hours, wallowing along on deep soft snow with slight but increasingly thicker crust on it. When the crew jumped down into it knee deep - sometimes mid-thigh deep. About 11 h. m. we went down into the sea ice, but it was bad and we broke through two or three times but not badly. Then we struck an area where we cut through thin ice covering slush under which was firm. Two miles of this ice and new Nuk (2) miles to the land and ice foot again for some miles. At 10 manguit we went again onto the sea ice - I did not like it much but Geissler assured me that it was all right, and it was. He said "me plenty strong ice - all right. Aisyungela." & Geissler drove himself smart enough, but he was one of the best drivers that I look, keeping the other men in front, guiding them - especially Gustave - and not letting his dogs over run the kalmmotik in advance. The ride here was a- long the base of some of the almost vertical cliffs of columnar basalt which I skated in the Chetts motor boat-

"In 1915 - Nearest of these beds, between (1/6) Smiglin & Parlasok, have some beds of fire coal intercalated with them. In the cone west of Parlasok we took to the land again at 1.45 am and began an ascent of 1600 ft (file Lindor) behind the mountain east of Godham which is 2680 ft high according to the map - the climb is about 4 miles long but I had to walk for my about 50-60 yds of - it at the steepest part, soon after we left the sea. About 4.15 a.m we began the descent to Godham and much of it was a wild ride over a good crust with lots brakes under the one or both manners. Weather was fine all night - little or no wind, except an upper part of divide where there was a stronger early breeze at our backs. 29 May - Tuesday Reached Godham about 6 a.m. by my watch (Skansen time), and it was so early that I told Geisler to take me to the home of some friend of his, where we could get coffee and I could wait till a decent boat arrived for me to call on Inspector Lindor. This has done and I found that it was only 4 5/15 a.m. About an hour later the cry arose outside "the mail has arrived", three canyals having arrived from Sgdesmunde. Quite some excitement for this little town!

About 7 o'clock I was out wallowing around in the deep snow looking for a convenience to which I was conducted in the governor's house. Then I was sum- mmoned into the main house, where I met the governor himself, a hospita- ble, genial young man by the name of Olsen. Bistrup is now at Kittery. Olsen had been housed by the ar-rival of the mail, he being postmast-er go. Some letters for the 'Bureau' course but more for any C.L.E. men- Three weeks or more late in getting here. At 9 o'clock I went over to the inspector's house and received a cordial welcome from Mr. Lindow. He invited me to come to his home and here I am, installed us Green and Allen were a year ago. But I expect to divide my time, spending part of it with the governor and part with Mr. Pissell. Mrs Lindow too is very cordial, for she is expecting to become a mother again in the course of a few weeks. Godhavn is buried under three feet of snow and the season is very late after an unusually open winter. 'Hans Eyde' I was late in reaching Holstensborg and will be correspondingly late in getting her probably not before 1 July on her second trip. U.S.A. is in the war & who knows what may happen?

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En lykkelig Mand Tegning af Eigil Petersen O Fædreland, hvad har du tabt, Knud Rasmussen er borte, med Sæl- og andet Hundespand ad Grønlandsisen gaar de', mens vi gaar her og piner os i Lak og stivet Lintøj, kan han paa Strøget stilfuld gaa i Ulvepels og Skindtøj. O lykkelige Knud, som kan gi' Fa'en i Slagteprisen — for dér er nok, saa vidt jeg ved, slet ingen Ko paa Isen! Mens alle andre Folkeslag har Krigshumer i Sindet, deroppe, dér forstaa'r de da at holde sig — i Skindet. sm.

Et Paaske-minde Det var i 1913, det lykkedes mig at rive mig løs fra min sædvanlige Beskæftigelse i Konstantinopel for at faa et Øn- ske opfyldt, som jeg længe havde næret: at se Livet i Jerusalem i Paasketiden. Dette mærkelige orientalske Billede er skildret saa ofte af be-hændigere Penne, at jeg ikke her skal gøre noget Forsøg derpaa. Men en Oplevelse havde jeg, som gjorde et dybt Indtryk paa mig, og som heldigvis er ret enestaaende. Det var Langfredags Eftermiddag — den ejendommelige, halvt rørende, halvt komiske Korsvandring langs Via dolorosa havde fundet Sted. Synet af disse Børn af det 20. Aarhundrede, som kappedes om at vise deres kristelige Offervillighed ved at slæbe paa et mægtigt Plankekors i Solheden, havde gjort et dybt Indtryk paa mig. Da pludselig lød det gennem alle Byens Gader: Muhamed- anerne er i Færd med at myrde alle Kristne i Byen! I Løbet af faa Minuter var alle Gader folketonme. De Kristne skyndte sig til deres Hjem eller Logis — Muhamedanerne ligele-des, for ikke at udsætte sig for Mistanke om at være Delta- gere i Massakrerne. I en halv Time laa Byen som uddød. Imidlertid var den

Galeriet købte i Gaar paa Peter Hans- sens, Johs. Larsens og Fritz Sybergs Ud- stilling i Den frie Udstilling: Peter Hans- sen: “Havnefogeden, Rebslageren og Skipperen” 800 Kr., Fritz Syberg: “Aa- lekraeger” 500 Kr. og “Svaner og Gæs” 500 Kr. Knud Rasmussen. Pagens Tegninger Copenhagen 17-Jll-1916 I vort moderne Liv er Grønlands- fæderen Knud Rasmussen en af de mær- eligste Skikkelser — mærkelig ved den Uro, der aldrig lader ham blive bosidd- dende Borger i almindelig Forstand. Han ejer i sit Sind den evige Higen ud- efter — mod nye Oplevelser, nye Farer, nye Eventyr. Der er i ham en medfødt Længsel mod Polarlandene, mod deres Is og Sne under den tindrende Frosthim- mel og deres korte Sommers blomster- rige Bluss. Nylig udsendte Knud Rasmussen — foruden en Oversættelse af Mathias Storckes “En Grønlandsers Drom” — et nyt, livfuldt og poetisk bevæget Værk, “Foran Dagens Øje”, fra de Egne, som ingen anden Dansk kender og elsker, et Monument over hans Færd paa de endeløse, øde Vidder, — og nu skal han paa Langfart igen. Han hører til de sjældent udrustede Personligheder, der formaar at leve udenfor Civilisationen og lide haarde Afsavn i en stor Idés Tje- neste. Det kan hænde, at man en smuk Sommerdag meder Knud Rasmussen i en eller anden nordjællandsk Egn, hvor han har slaaet sig ned for at skrive en af sine Bøger. Maaskee kommer han van- drende langs Stranden, eller han suser forbi paa Cykle ved den støvede og ste- nede Landevej — han er vant til ganse ske anderledes ufremskommelige Pas- sager end dem. Han nuder nu i nogle Maaneder Sjællands Blidhed, ytrer og saa Ønsket om at behandle denne Onatur i en Bøg, — han følte sig f. Ex. nylig saa fægslet af Grib-Skovs kølige Ensom- led, at han tænkte paa at gøre den til Midtpunkt for en Skildring. Men det grønne Sjælland er kun en Station paa Færden — et andet “grønt” Ejland staar Dag og Nat for hans Tanke, og han bliver det aldrig kvid. Der er Energi og Spændstighed i den- smeørre, lille Skikkelse, en Forsker, en Sportsmand, en Digter og Eventyrer, en fremmed Fugl i vort Samfund og dog saa hjemligt knyttet til alt, hvad der er Dansk. Store Modsætninger synes han at rumme i sit Sind, men han hører os dog til, selv om han elsker at se Nordlysene flamme og de hvide Bræer skinne. Absalon.

"[illegible]", der har fungeret ved 3. Kriminalkammer, afløses i Morgen af Assistent i Justitsministeriet Beckmann. Sagfører vil i Fængsel. Sagfører Valdemar Andersen i Odense, der ved Højesteret fornylig blev dømt en Bøde paa 1200 Kr. for For- nærmelser mod Øvrigheden, har meddelt Autoriteterne, at han ønsker at afsone Bøden med Fængsel paa Vand og Brød. Han vil da faa Bødebeløbet omsat til 3 X 5 Dages Vand og Brød. Frimærke-Auktion. Paa Tirsdag Eftermiddag Kl. 5 af- holdes Auktion hos Falkenberg over en sjælden Frimærke-Samling, som udstyk- kes i 500 Numre, der hovedsagelig be- staar af gamle skandinaviske og tyske Mærker. Samtidig sælges en stor Fri- mærkesamling, som ikke udstykkes. Stor Ladning Petroleum, Olie og Benzin. Damperen "Pioneer" af New York ankom i Gaar hertil fra Batoum Rouge med 6000 Tons Petroleum, Olie og Be- zin til Det danske Petroleum-Aktiesel- skab. En Del af Ladningen losses paa Reden til Løgere. Resten skal losses ved Refshaleen. En Vinduespudser styrtet ned fra 3die Sal. Udfør Ejendommen Østerbrog. Nr. 1 styrtede i Gaar Midd. en Vinduespudser Holger Larsen fra Howitzvej 65 ned fra 8die Sals Vindue. Han forslog sig meget uhyggeligt og blev i Ambulance kørt til Hospitalet. Afværgt Indbrud paa "Bikuben"s Filial. To Betjente af Frederiksberg Politi anholdt i Gaar udenfor "Bikuben"s Fi- liail derude en mistænkelig Mandper- søn, der ved nærmere Eftersyn viste sig at være i Besiddelse af en Mængde Dir- ke og Braskjern. Rimeligvis har han villet begaa Indbrud i Sparekassen. Der flages. I Morgen fejrer Snedkermester Han- sen Højbo, Nørrebrogade 100, 25-Aars Mester-Jubelæum. Jubilaren har i de forløbene Aar bekleedt flere Tillidsverv indenfor Snedkerlauget. I Morgen fylder: Løge i København S. Hytten 70 Aar. Telegrafbestyrer A. P. Lund 61 Aar Her- redsfoged i Rougso Herred J. V. Jørgen- sen 60 Aar, Konsul F. L. Hey, M. L., 59 Aar. Rigsdagsmedm H. P. Hanssen, An- dersraa, 54 Aar. Direktør i Helsingor Charles Tvede, M. L., 54 Aar. Stabsins- tendant C. E. Pallis 55 Aar. Vicekonsul, Fabrikdirektør i Fredericia, Chr. Loehr 52 Aar. Kaptajn i Fodfolklet O. S.-Lund 47 Aar. Direktør i København Flyde- blok Ove Munk 48 Aar. Ritmester R. O. Pontoppidan 42 Aar. Kaptajn i Artille- ret H. V. K. Ramsussen 40 Aar. Over- ettsagfører Carl D. Wagner 39 Aar. Overlæge i Hæren Georg L. C. Btering 38 Aar. "Hellig Olav" har maattet aflevere Pakkeposten. Fredag Aften ved 51/2-Tiden ind- ok "Hellig Olav" til Christiansand, som Skibets Fører, Kaptajn Holst, te- egraferede herfra til Rederiet, at [illegible] var bragt i Land i

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