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widened out and we had fine going
for a mile or so. We saw 4 deer here in
a short time and there were lots of
bear signs in the marsh along the
river banks. We passed several small
rapids and finally came to a 30 foot
water fall where the river dropped
into tide water but after we had
gone a mile below the falls we were
not sure that we were in salt water as
there was so much water running out.
We supposed that we were some
where in Mitchell Bay at the head of
Kootznaahoo Inlet and the supposition
was correct as we came out into the bay
after we had wound in and out among
some islands for a while. It took us
a little over 2 days to go from Nome Harbor
to salt water in Kootznaahoo Inlet. The
total distance was between 15 and 18 miles.
The falls marked on the "Survey map"
is not the one that we came by or
else they are placed wrong on the
map. We went on down to the entrance
of Mitchell where the channels narrow.