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an arrangement for dogs and guides and
came by an arduous journey to the brig.

They leave their party [well singularly]
[well] but with but seven[teen] days of
provisions and two desperate and aban=
doned men whom they seem to want the
moral force to subdue.

All my sympathies and all my
efforts shall now be turned to their
rescue - more of this by & by.

All the hours which have intervened
between the arrival of the party and
the present moment have been spent in
active work. Our hundred pounds of
Pork have been cleaned, boiled, pulled and
bagged: and pounded biscuit tea and
Borden’s beef [broth?] sowed in smaller bags -
This provision equal to 350 lbs is now
on its way to our party.

My faith in the[se] Esquimaux people who [carry?] it is very slender
and my system of treatment that of [severe]
extreme kindness qualified by excessive
severity - I never lose an opportunity of
doing a kindly act of propitiating a
member of their tribe, but I always
punish as misdeed and never lose a
chance of inspiring fear - These provi-
sions will bever reach our comrades in
time for their preservation - Petersen does
not re accompany the sledges back - he waits
for another moon - and the halting
indolent procrastination of Esquimaux
Character will delay the arrival of this
food until too late - This trust of Mr.
Petersen contrasts sharply with my own
conviction of their non reliability.
- As to force - the very thought of it
is enough.