EATON STATION LOG BOOK, iS()8-9r). 



By Wm. a. K.ikllmann. 



Aiif^ust 5: The .siiperiiiU'iKUMit, Mr. William A. Kiellinann, with 

 party, arrived at 5 p. ni, on the g-round selected for the new (quarters 

 of the Government'.s reindeer .sttition. The flag was nailed to the top 

 of a spruce tree and saluted with waving hats and cheers. 



August 6: Part of the crew cleared the ground of scrub bushes, and 

 part erected a temporary warehouse, Mr. Dalil arrived with a load 

 of goods and additional employees. 



August 7: Sunday. Clear, calm, sunny day. Keeping Sabbath. 



August 8: Continual clearing of ground. A temporary kitchen was 

 erected and three men set to cooking for the people, who are divided in 

 three messes. 



August 9: Clear, calm. A railroad surveying party went up the 

 river. Commenced digging for foundations for log buildings. One 

 l)oat load of goods was brought up from the beach. 



August 10: Clear, calm, suimy. Logs Avcre overhauled; a tempo- 

 rary house for issuing rations was erected. 



August 11: Partl}'^ overcast in forenoon, a little rain in afternoon. 

 Foundations for two houses finished. Mr. Dahl makes daily round 

 trips carrying up goods, assisted l)y two Eskimos with their boats and 

 ten of the drivers. 



August 12: Clear, fine day. Four foundations finished. The logs 

 were carried from the river bank to the diti'erent foundations. Four 

 whipsaw scaffolds were put up for sawing the logs. 



August 13. Clear, fine day; rathei- warm. Piles of scrub were 

 ])urned to-day. Six men have been cutting birchwood for "'pulks" 

 and sleds. One of the whipsaws in operation. 



August 14: Sunday; clear, calm; keeping Sabbath. 



August 15: Four log houses, 20 by 1(3 feet, were started, and all four 

 whipsaws in operation. Rainy with easterly wind. 



August Kh Cloudy; rain in showers; wind southwest. One of the 

 cooks reported sick and had to be replaced. Building on the four 

 houses and sawing goes on. Three men making sleds. One carrying 

 moss. One man and all women and children cutting and curing hay 

 for boot Cladding. Goods arrived. 



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