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bury him. But we are all so weak that I do not see how we are 

 going to move. 



"At 12.40 P. M. read the burial service, and carried our de- 

 parted shipmate's body down to the river, where, a hole having been 

 cut in the ice, he was buried ; three volleys from our two Remingtons 

 being fired over him as a funeral honor. 



"A board was prepared with this cut on it: 



In Memory, 



H. H. ERICKSON, 



October 6, 1881. 



U. S. S. Jeannette. 



And this will be stuck in the river bank abreast his grave. His 

 clothing was divided up among his messmates. Iverson has his 

 Bible and a lock of his hair. Kaack has a lock of his hair. . . . 

 Supper, 5 p. M., half pound of dog meat and tea. October Qth, sent 

 Nindemann and Noros ahead for relief; they carry their blankets, 

 one rifle, forty pounds ammunition, two ounces alcohol. . . . 

 Under way again at 10.30, had for dinner one ounce of alcohol; 

 Alexai shot three ptarmigan. Find canoe; lay our heads on it and 

 go to sleep. 



"loth, eat deer- skin scraps. . . . Ahead again till eleven. 

 At three halted, used up. Crawled into a hole on the bank. Noth- 

 ing for supper, except a spoonful of glycerine. I7th, Alexai died, 

 covered him with ensign, and laid him in a crib. 2ist, one hundred 

 and thirty-first day, Kaack was found dead at midnight. Too weak 

 to carry the bodies out on the ice; the doctor, Collins, 1 and I carried 

 them around the corner out of sight. Then my eye closed up. Sun- 

 day, October 23d, one hundred and thirty-third day everybody 

 pretty weak slept or rested all day, managed to get enough wood 

 in before dark. Read part of divine service. Suffering in our feet. 

 No foot gear. 



