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23
Childs
1958
18 July Between Pion, 7 mi SE Cape Sabine, Alaska
Pete went out and in a few hours scored
5 squirrels. Set 58 traps before supper and
caught one M. ocreatus while setting them.
19 July got 16 more M. ocreatus in trap line. Pete snared 2 more
squirrels in a.m. After skiing we both were
after squirrels. Got 54 lbs for all of our family. Set
out T11 in marsh and T12 in Tussachs in evening.
I broke my watch, loading the plane and Pete's
stopped so we have no correct time.
Sunday 20 July got 8 Mice, 4 clothings, and 2 Sorex in T9 & T10.
in marsh. Pete headed for far mountain after
Marmots. Skinned and took 10 lathe in the
river - water just right. Pete found no
sign of Marmots but collected a 37 Blue-billed Duck.
He saw a Wolf about 200 ft out of camp after 9
left for trap line! Heard fox at night.
21 July Skinned one morning. Got an eye strain headache
from working in dark tent. We were awakened
by the heat of tent (like oven), and no wind.
Pete shot a Broad-billed and a Duck Hawk
upstream.
22 July After campments and skiing 14 miles
Pete + I walked downstream to Folembak
and collected the 4 fledged young of the
Gyrfalcon and the adult 3 Rock Ptarmigan
and 2 Short-billed gulls. A real rain
storm hit after supper as we were