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hut fifteen miles further up the right bank of the larger 



stream. 



GEORGE W. BELONG, 



Lieutenant Commanding. 



P. A. Surgeon J. M. AMBLER. H. II. ERICKSON. L. P. Nouoa 



Mr. J. J. COLLINS. AH SAM. W. LEE. 



A. GORTZ. H. H. KAACK. N. IVERSON. 



W. F. C. NlNDERMANN. ALEXY. G. H. BOYD, 



A. DRESSLER. 



COPY OF RECORD NO. 4. 



[This record was found in a hut by a Yakut hunter, and 

 given to Mr. Melville, at Upper Bulun,on the 12th day of No- 

 vember, 1881.] 



Saturday, Oct. 1st, 1881. 



Fourteen of the officers and men of the United States 

 Arctic steamer Jeannette reached this hut on Wednesday, 

 September 28th, and, having been forced to wait for the river 

 to freeze over, are proceeding to cross to the west side this 

 A. M., on their journey to reach some settlement on the Lena 

 river. 



We have two days' provisions, but having been fortunate 

 enough thus far to get game in our pressing needs, we have 

 no fear for the future. 



Our party arc all well except one man, Erickson, whose 

 toes have been amputated in consequence of frost bite. 

 Other records will be found in several huts on the east side 

 of this river, along which we have come from the northward. 



GEORGE W. BELONG, 

 Lieutenant U. S. N., Commanding Expedition. 



P. A. Surgeon AMBLER. Mr. J. J. COLLINS. G. H. BOYD. 



"W. F. C. NlNDERMANN. A. DRESSLER. H. H. ERICKSON. 



H. H. KAACK. A. GORTZ. N. IVERSON. 



W. LEE. AH SAM. L. P. Nonoa. 



ALEXY. 



