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Show JOURNAL. Wednesday lltfz. This ~by was also cloudy anc! wet ; but we continued at our hut-building. ThuTsday 12th. This morning wns cloudy without rain. In the forenoon we finished 3 ro·otns of our cabins, all but the covering; which I expect will be a difficult part of the business, as we have not yet found any timber which splits well; two men went out to make. some boards, if possible, for om· roofs. About 3 o'clock in the aftemoon a number of the natives from the seashore came tQ our camp, and t·cmainecl all night. Some l'ain fe1l in the evening. FTiday 13th. VIe had a c!oucly, but fine morning; and all hands were engaged at work. The p:1rt y of Indbns who came yesterday went away, and another party came about the middle of the day. Two hunters came in, and had ldlled 18 elk, not n1ore than 4 miles distant. The day continued cloudy and some l'ain fell in the cvenine-. v Saturday 14th. The two hunters that had killed the elk, went back with two other men to tuke care of the meat. In the course of the day a good dt"al of rain fell ; the weather h ere still continues wal'm, and there has been no fr~ezing except a little white frost. In the afternoon tlte savages all went a way. vVe complettd the building of our huts, 7 io numbel', all but t be CO\'e l'ing, which I now find will not be so difficul t as I expected ; as \Ve have found a kind of tim· bcr in plenty, which sp!its freely and makes the finest puncheons I have ever seen . They can be split lO feet Ion~ and 2 broad, not m.vre than an inch and an half thick. ~ SundaY. 15th. The moming was cloud)< CaptJin Cbrke with 16 of the party sbt'ted to bring iu the ~neat the 4· m en were takino· care of· m vself and 2 ~ ' . others were employed in fixinrr ancl finishin"' the ~ tl quarte~·s of the Con1man clin~ Officers, and 2 more J~reparmg punch eor~s for covering the huts. Snrne l.J.ght shower!:> fdl during the day ; and at njg,l~t 3ln· JOURNAL. 175 dians came to our camp, and brought tlS two large salmon. AI~nday l6tl1. This was a wet morning with high wind. About 8 Capt. CJarke and 15 mea. came in loaded with m :?at ; they left a canoe with 7 men to bring in the remaindu·. Tht.:y had a very bad night, as the weather was s1 orm y and a great deal of ruin fell. N otwithstandillg this~ a serjeant and four men, who had got lost, l,y out all night wi:hout fil'e. As soon as tbey arrived all hands were set to carrying- up the meat, and putting it in a hou~e we had p1·epared for the purpose. The whole of the day was stormy ami wet Tur·ulay 17th. This was another cloudy day, with some li ~ ht showers of l'ain and hail. About ll o'clock the 7 men came with the c~noe and the remainder of the meat. \Ve still continued working at our huts. TVrd,n·sday 18th. Snow fell last night about an inch deep, and the morning was stormy. In the middle of tbe day the weather becam\: clear, and we had a ilne afternoon. Thw·sday 19th. This was a fine clear cool mornino-, and we expected to have some fair ple asant w~athcr, but at noon it became cloudy again and began to rain. Frida!J '20th. The morning was cloudy and wet.' V c collt.:cted all the puncheons or slabs we had m~. cle, and some which we got from some Indian huts up the bay, but found wt:> had not enough to covet· all our huts. -About 10 o'dock the weather became clear ; but before night it rained as fast as befor:. From t.his dc~y to the 25th \Ye bat! occasionally nnn 1..nd lngh winds, but the weather still continutd warm. On the ev•.:ning- of the 24tb we got all our lmts covered aml d(·.td>~d. /11"n ',.,,8da•t 25t/z. ' Vas another clourly wet day.This mornit~g we lefl our camp aud moved into our |