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June 3: 33^, 35^; west wind light, followed b}' southwest wind mod- 

 erate; fog and snow. Gave Sablat more medicine. He is very sick. 



June 4: 37^, 35^; southwest wind strong-; rain and fog. Did not 

 hold Sunday school on account of my cough. Sablat is better. Dur- 

 ing the night two deaths occurred from influenza — an old man, Tapee- 

 zuk, and an infant. 1 did not know of their illness. Timkaroo and 

 his crew, in a whalel)oat, killed 21 walruses, but brought back oirly 

 the heads with the iyories and the skins. 



June 5: 36"^, 38^, 33^; southwest wind moderate; fog all day. Stored 

 a large quantity of whalebone and iyory for Assoone, as he did not 

 want to risk losing it by stealth when the Indian Point natives visited 

 this place. The latter people nuiuber more than live hundred and have 

 the Deermen as allies, and the}' have come to this place in summer in 

 former j^ears in whaleboats and terrorized the community, stealing 

 and rioting and threatening to kill. In the past they have nearh^ 

 exterminated the people of this village repeatedly. Assoone asked me 

 to allow all the children to come to the schoolhouse for protection this 

 time, and I bade him invite the children and the women also, and 

 promised to confer with the chief men of the Indian Point natives and 

 warn them to keep the peace or else suffer serious consequences in the 

 near future. 



June 6: 35^, 37^, 33^; west wind strong; fog all da}'. There is a 

 large quantity of ice on the sea. Treated several persons for intiu- 

 enza, anointing their chests with iodine and giving internal remedies. 

 Had a long talk with a native from Indian Point, convincing him of 

 the urgent necessit}' of the Siberians refraining from all misdemeanors 

 on their visit this year. I bade him communicate to his people my 

 warning. Loaned My^'ookuk a pair of forceps to enable him to 

 extract a tooth. Abrahamsen told me that he observed Akulky one 

 day place all the goods that he had received in trade from a captain of 

 a whaler in front of his door. He threw some flour in the air and 

 some tobacco into a small tire. He next stamped or tramped over his 

 goods, after which he carried them into the house. He was doubtless 

 sacrihcing to God and the devil. 



June 7: 30-. 3-±^, 32^^; west wind strong; fog all day; an ice jam on 

 the west shore. Treated several sick people. 



June 8: 3-i-, 30-', 3-1:^; west and southwest winds moderate; foggy 

 or overcast all day. Looked after sick people. 



June 9: 38, 33^; calm until evening; then light west wind; foggy 

 or overcast. Nooona^ an old man, died durii>g the night from inttu- 

 enza; was not asked to give him medicine while he was sick. A dog 

 was killed at his house later. Kowktan, a woman about 40 years old, 

 was hung at her request b}' her relatives and friends, in spite of my 

 protests. She had been sick with influenza, and during the past seven 

 days had not slept and could not eat or drink. I did not know of her 

 serious condition until she was beiny* drawn to her death. The woman 



