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arrived early tbismoruinj? with dog team to take his goods home. The 

 Lapps have been liauling wood to-day. 



December 14, 1894. — Light northwest wind in the morning and clear; 

 at noon a gale, and snow flying; —14° to —25°. The cape sleds left 

 early this morning, and Kjellmann with the Lapps and herders at the 

 station left for the timber beach to stay till Saturday to jjile up wood 

 and logs, but returned at night on account of the storm; some were 

 frostbitten. 



December 5, 1894. — Clear, with light east wind; —20° all day. 



December 16, 1894. — Strong east wind in the morning and blowing a 

 gale toward evening, the thermometer suddenly rising at 4 p. m. from 

 —14° to +2°. jS^o Sunday service, but Sunday school. 



December 17, 1894. — Strong west wind, clear, —8° to —14°. 



December 18, 1894.— Clear and calm, — 14°to +18°. Kjellmann went 

 out to the herd to return to-morrow. Sekeoglook is now walking about. 



December 19, 1894. — Stormy, with northeast wind during the night, 

 veering to south and snowing in the morning; —14° to -|-30° in the even- 

 ing, and the snow turned to sleet. Kjellmann returned about noon and 

 in the evening the Lapps came iu. 



December 20, 1894. — Light southwest wind, clear, + 18° to + 22°. 

 Two sleds returned with moss and small willow bushes for Christmas. 



December 21, 1894. — The sun rose at 11.40 a. m. and set at 2.50 p. m. 

 Light northeast wind, clear, -|-18° to —2°. Three nleer were killed 

 to-day for meat, the herders getting one and the Lapps the other two. 

 At 2.30 Mrs. Johan Tornensis was delivered of a big boy, but through 

 some bungling of the Lapp woman attending her, the child died soon 

 after its birth. The mother is doing well. 



December 22, 1894.— Light northeast wind, cloudy, —6° to -f 10°. 

 Considerable wood was hauled with deer today. 



December 23, 1894. — Wind southwest, northeast, and southeast, 

 growing stronger; after dark a little snow; -|-18° to +22°. Sunday 

 school, but no service. 



December 24, 1894. — Light northeast and south wind; clear, nice day; 

 +26° to +30°. The station has been crowded with natives all day per- 

 sisting in seeing everything. At 5 p. m. the doors were opened and 

 the room was soon tilled with children and adults. Several songs were 

 rendered, and after a short talk on Christmas, the goody-goodies were 

 distributed. During the day every house in town had received Christmas 

 cheer iu the form of "cow-cow" (food). 



December 25, 1894. — Calm and cloudy. Service in the forenoon. In 

 the evening the Eskimo herders were gathered and some games were 

 played, songs sung, and coffee and te% served. At 8 p. m. a gale blew 

 up from south to southwest, with rain and sleet; +30° all day. 



December 26, 1894. — The gale continned all night; in the morning 

 it veered around to northeast and blew in gusts. Yesterday Electoona 

 was caught gambling with Nan u gok, a low character that loafs around 



