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day. A gang of men started work on a warehouse that is to be taken 

 down to the beach. Dr. Gambell left for Unalaklik. Two natives 

 from Niilato here. 



May 2: At 7 a. m., 33"^; at noon, 50°; at 6 p. m., 38°. Clear, fine 

 day. Work continued on the warehou.se. Dr. Gambell came up from 

 Unalaklik in the afternoon; he has started a hotbed on the hillside for 

 raising radishes and lettuce. 



May 3: At 7 a. m., 30°; at noon, 28°; at 6 p. m., 28°. Clear most 

 of the day; windy; a light snowstorm, with the sun shining, in the 

 evening. AVork going on as usual. Alfred got back from the herd. 



May 4: At 7 a. m., 15°; at noon, 20°; at 6 p. m., 18°. Clear, fine 

 day. Mr. Peckhard and friend with one native arrived this morning 

 en route from Arctic City, on the Koyokuk River, to St. Michael; 

 the}^ remain all night. 



May 5: At 7 a. m., 25°; at noon, 45°; at 6 p. m., 30°. Clear, fine 

 day. Mr. Peckhard left for St. Michael. Two miners from Kotzebue 

 Sound here; they left for Nome City in the evening. Dr. Gambell 

 and a Lapp with four deer started at 10 p. m. to bring down the body 

 of the man who died. Eight deer taken up to haul lumber. 



May (3: At 7 a. m., 35°; at noon, 50°; at 6 p. m., 37°. Clear and 

 fine most of the day, with a little snow in the afternoon. Some 

 drunken natives stopped here. 



May 7: At 7 a. m., 30°; at noon, 42°; at p. m., 28°. Clear, fine 

 day. One Lapp and four deer went to the herd in the morning. The 

 Sab))ath was obsei'ved. 



May 8: At 7 a. m., 27°; at noon, 28°; at 6 p. m., 24°. A native 

 here from Unalaklik; he offered 15 cents for a dinner, having evi- 

 dently mistaken the station for one of "Dennetfs" restaurants. 



May 9: At 7 a. m., 30°; at noon, 28°; at 6 p. m., 33°. Cloudy all 

 day. Started issuing two months' rations to all, preparatory to clos- 

 ing up the year's accounts. Miss Johnson, of Unalaklik, caHed. 



May 10: At 7 a. m.,.34°; at noon, 42°; at 6 p. m., 37°. Cloudy all 

 day. Finished issuing I'ations. Dr. Gambell came up from Unalaklik 

 and started out hunting at 6 p. m. 



May 11: At 7 a. m., 34°; at noon, 45°; at 6 p. m., 38°. Cloudy all 

 day; mist at night. Two men Avith four deer went to Unalaklik at 

 7 p. m. 



May 12: At 7 a. m., 35°; at noon, 43°; at 6 p. m., 40°. Partly dear. 

 Work finished on the warehouse. One man hewing boards. 



May 13: At 7 a. m. , 37°; at noon, 41°; at G p. m. , 42°. Cloudy, with 

 a strong southwester. The river is rising. 



May 14: At 7 a. m., 45°; at noon, 45°; at 6 p. m., 42°. Cloudy all 

 da}', a little rain in the afternoon. The Sabbath observed. 



May 15: At 7 a. m. , 42°; a-t noon, 45°;" at 6 p. m. , 37°. Cloudy: rain 

 and snow all day. The river has commenced to break up, and has 

 risen al)out 2 feet in eighteen hours. 



