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Norwegians. The Sunday school was well attended. Thermometer 

 GO to -f SO. ' ' 



November 5, 1804. — Clear and calui; thermometer, —2° to +2°. 



November G, 1894.— East wind, —2° to +40. Samuel, Electoona, and 

 Taootuk went to the herd, and Charley Kummuk, Moses, Martin, Johann, 

 and Mikkel went out for wood and logs for a stable. The ice boat was 

 used for the first time to-day and went nicely. The ice was rather rough. 

 No deer report. 



November 7, 1894. — Overcast, with light northeast breeze, +10° to 

 + 30°. Sekeoglook was brought in to-night from the herd, having cut 

 his leg in erecting a tent; the bone was touched; I dressed it. Three 

 deer are reported sick. 



November 8, 1894. — Cloudy and milder, +10° to +22°. Two deer are 

 now kei)t at the station to haul wood. Sekeoglook's leg is doing nicely. 

 A strong north wind all night; it took the mast from the ice boat. 



November 9, 1894. — A full-fledged snowstorm, with north wind; snow- 

 ing all night and day. Only two herders attended the evening school; 

 7 at the station. Thermometer, +10°. 



November 10, 1894. — A gale (with capital G) from the north awoke 

 the silent echoes of the night and the new-born snow from its innocent 

 sleep about 1 a. m., forcing the fleecy crystals to seek shelter behind hills, 

 in ravines, behind logs, and inanimate objects bigger than themselves. 

 Millions and millions had found an asylum in the trade room, where 

 they had jumped into boxes and barrels and scaled the shelves; some 

 had been satisfied with the bare floor, some had clustered under the 

 ceiling and stovepipe ujjstairs, some had crawled into deerskins, and 

 some had even tucked themselves snugly into the Lapp boots. Ther- 

 mometer, -flOo all day. No report from the deer. 



November 11, 1894. — North wind very strong; storm abating during 

 the day; cloudy. Service and Sunday school; +9° all day. No report 

 from the deer. 



November 12, 1894. — Light northwest wind; cloudy, with snow flur- 

 ries. The skee was used for the first time; it was used by the Eski- 

 mos, and they managed to land on their backs, without any ceremony, 

 in the snow. No deer report. Thermometer, +11° to +10°. 



November 13, 1894. — South-southwest to west-northwest wind; blow- 

 ing hard from southwest at noon, and piling the ice up high on the 

 beach; -f 9° to -+-21°. 



i^^ovember 14, 1894. — Northwest to southwest wind; cloudy, with a 

 little snow. Thermometer, -|-20o to -1-31°. 



November 15, 1894. — Northeast to east-southeast wind, strong in the 

 afternoon. Samuel and Per Eist came on late last night with the car- 

 cass of a male deer that had broken its head in trying to break loose 

 from its fastenings. Five deer are now under tranung for the sled 

 Frederick and Martin are hauling wood every day with three deer. 

 Thermometer, -t-lS^ to -f 2°. 



