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MILTON GALLE'S DIARY

July-September
1923

July 18 - Ice coming in east. Maurer & Knight went east, Crawford
up river. I went get traps, all in now. Found walrus tusks.
Brought back mastodon tusk. If you are out at a dinner - a
big one lets say, Find your place as soon as you're able.
If in the confusion you strike the wrong side, you shouldn't
step over the table.

July 19 - We had hardly been asleep more than two hours before the
dogs started barking. All rushed out. Nothing but 4 walrus
could we see swimming around. This morning (P.M.) weather
very thick. C. & I went west to dig out tusks and collect
mastodon teeth & bones. Found several bones and teeth.
The tusk I found yesterday was rotten & could not be trans-
ported. On way back from Doubtful Harbor we found another
M. tusk which was in same condition as previous one. Shot
at some geese in water, they were unable to fly.

July 20 - K. & M. went west after ducks and returned with two.
This was our supper boiled with roots and barley. Photos of
ice. We got up at about 9:30 P.M. It had been raining
several hours, 5 P.M. Breakfast. Seal meat & candy.

July 21 - Cont nued raining most of day, just leaked (?) tent leaked tarp and
sled raft over tent. Went E along lake. Wood high on west
shore, bones and bird nest, no ducks. Rain over 12: Noon.
Crawford 1 goose at river mouth, Knight 2 old squaws. To
bed at bout 11 A.M.

July 22 - Up at about midnight, still blowing about 6. K. west,
2 female eiders; M. west, 8 o'clock, 1 sea gull, F.;
C. east 8 o'clock, 1 male Old Sq. Fell in and needed new
watch crystal. I tried catching some birds to attach
messages to legs, unsuccessful. Steady breeze & sun out
first time in days. Toothache worst in 6 days, think
abscess will form on molar in upper jaw. To bed about
2: P.M.

July 23 - "The Color Line," William B. Smith, McClure Phillips &
Co., $1.50. Breakfast 12:30 A.M. Crawford W. 2 P.M.
nothing. I east, Hard luck. 6:30 A.M. Maurer west, 1
seal, small. 11 P.M. Crawford east, Maurer west, 1
old squaw, M. . . . . . . C. skins seal. Ducks fly by, I
shoot, no luck. 1 seal up on beach. (snow) chippy lost.
Wind W. A.M. & E. P.M. More candy, fissel. Bed 9 P.M.
Ivory at lake, mastodon tusk 1/2 in river bottom. Lower jaw
walrus on tundra. C. thinks lake back of one to east.

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