Field note book[s], Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-1915
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the cross we knew that we had Two cans beans at El-bos-elah-me. To our surprise on arriving here we found no beans but a fine cache of peaches, pears, cranberry jam, marmalade, barh, sausage, wheels, sweet chocolate- and a note giving us the news. And in addition to- all this a big feed of walrus meat for our dogs! We thought our cup of joy was now full. as we were filching the text to our astonishment we came two our beans - Bo-blo-ya-hi and Ab-ford-ab-shah-o who their way to find and help us back home. So here we are full to the mouth ready to- start back. Thursday, May 21st- 72nd day 3 P.M. Left - Payer Harbor, Cafe Sabine, to at midnight with our relief party consisting of- Bo-blo-ya-hi and Ab-ford-ab- shah-o for Elah worked