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CONCILIATION. 
our dormitory,—hitherto an unsolved mystery. There, 
seated on a red blanket, with four pork-fat lamps, 
throwing an illumination over old worsted damask 
curtains, hunting-knives, rifles, beer-barrels, galley-stove 
and chronometers, I dealt out to each man five needles, 
a file, and a stick of wood. To Kalutunali and Shunghu 
SHUNGHU. 
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I gave knives and other extras; and in conclusion 
spread out our one remaining buffalo close to the stove, 
built a roaring fire, cooked a hearty supper, and by 
noonday they were sleeping away in a state of thorough 
content. I explained to them further that my people 
did not steal; that the fox-jumpers and boots and 
