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Oil the canal and on the tundra to see if lie could see Bals coming and 

 stop liini till my return. 



On my arrival at the Northern Commercial Com))any's place 

 Bals had not yet come, hut shortly after hrcakl'ast he also came. He 

 had heen sleeping on the tundra, 2 miles away I'rom our canij), and 

 claimed his errand was to look Tor me. It may he so, hut chances are 

 that it was something else. We returned to camp at 11 o'clock and 

 got ready for our journey toward Unalakleet. To-night we camp 

 ahout 5 miles away to the south of Tlicketarrik. It has heen snowing 

 all day to-day and a cold northerly wind has heen hlowing. In 

 St. Michael we had the opportunity to communicate with our dear 

 ones at home by telegraph, and to our great pleasure and comfort 

 they are all well. 



Tuesday, December 22. — Because of great darkness we left camp 

 later to-day than w^e usually do. The ice we have traveled on to-day 

 was very bad. Some of the deer broke through. Three of our sleds 

 are not provided with steel runners, and on the salt ice, with slush on 

 top, they slide as heavily as if one were dragging over gravel. One 

 of our deer got tired and refused to walk, so on that account I had to 

 take that one sled also on top of my own and let the deer go loose. 

 By 6 o'clock we made camj) near Galsovia — a native village about 30 

 miles from Unalakleet — hoping this to be our last camp before reach- 

 ing home. 



Wednesday, December 23. — Early, while yet dark, we prepared for a 

 final break-up. The sleds were repacked so as to leave one of them at 

 Galsovia until another time, and thus enable our one tired deer to 

 travel loose. The trail was good, and in a couple of hours we had 

 reached the well-knowai Devils Gulch. There the deer were given an 

 hour's rest while Nallogoroak and I took the sleds down that steep 

 and rocky hill and placed them in order again on-the ice below. At 

 that time two dog teams overtook us, and as deer and dogs do not 

 travel well together, we allowed the dogs to go ahead a mile or two. 

 Ten miles farther on is a coal mine and that we reached at 1.30 p. m. 

 We stopped for tea and gave the deer another hour's rest, and at 5.30 

 o'clock camp was made. * * * g^^^^ ^^j^^g time our tent and stove 

 were not needed to make us comfortable for the night. 



We are home once more among our dear ones. All is well. Christ- 

 mas preparations are all finished and we have arrived to join in the 

 festivities. 



Very respectfully, C. O. Lind, 



Superintendent. 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 



Wasliington, D. G. 

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