258 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLJJK 
free until July 18, 1879. The Vega , fortunately, 
encountered no such terrific gale as that which drove 
the Karluk westward in September, 1913, but her 
mishap in being frozen in the ice was quite as un¬ 
expected and her situation quite as uncontrollable. 
Several times during the day’s march we stopped 
at an aranga for tea. At six o’clock we reached 
an aranga near Xdlidlija Island. We were now 
half way from Koliuchin Bay to Cape Serdze. 
For his services I paid the old man who had ac¬ 
companied us here a small spade, two packages of 
tobacco and an order on Mr. Olsen for fifteen dol¬ 
lars’ worth of supplies. I had now given away 
nearly all the things we had had with us when we 
started from Wrangell Island. 
After another restful night and a good meal of 
salmon, we left early the next morning, April 22, 
for Cape Serdze. By a little bargaining I had ob¬ 
tained the services of a native with his sledge 
and dogs and as I found another native about to 
start on his way eastward at the same time I got 
him to take Kataktovick along with him. This ar¬ 
rangement gave us two men to each sledge, which 
would result in better progress. 
It was a wonderful day. The temperature was 
only a little below the freezing-point and the sun’s 
rays were distinctly warm. The sunlight, in fact, 
coupled with the glare of the snow, was hard on my 
