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James Cameron Diary, 1901

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James Cameron Island

20th of January 1901 Fine cold and Frosty East Wind Randolph Dan Spink and John H here 3 of them went to spear EEls got 8 George went off Sent Ionia some things 2 Dollars cash a Belt a Tam O Shanter Soap 2 Kinds of Fish Sweatmeats an Indian with 1 Horse Sleigh and 2 Dogs passed Down the south side Looking for Wood Bushi si his name Sport Followed them he stopt at Lewis's coming Back Leander went over and got Sport he had no notionof coming home John H took 8 EEls with him Fernandez crofsed to Craigs to chop took 2 axes with him Leander crofsed to night not so cold to night Windy to night

21st St Agnefs Day Fine Kind of Warm Wind Drawing Fire-wood 3 Loads in Forenoon Unfortunate Day Unfortunate Day Windy to night Froze hard Rained a Shower

22nd Fine Day St Vincent's Day most Beautiful Unfortunate Day Frosty to night Queen Victoria Departed Born the 24th of May 1819 aged 81 years and 8 months a very Good Queen a Lofs to the Empire George Snider Died as they were talem him to the Hospital

23rd Fine cool Frosty Leander and Stanley in the Bush chopping E Wind Randolph here scated Down took my Kansas Paper Down the Kansas City Weekly Journal January the 17th Wrote a Letter to Dan concerning the Death of Carlo Dated inside the 24th Leander to Summerstown took the coal oil can Windy some cold

24 Fine St Pauls Day if Fair a Happy Day This is Charles Tuppers Birth Day of the Butternut Islad Fernandez came tonight

25th Robie Burns Birth Day a very Fine Day Fernandez to Summerstown cutting some Wood 1 Horse sleigh of Indians went Down to Rofs Island on the North side for Wood Drew 3 Loads to the Bank Logs to the door

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James Cameron Island

26th of January 1901 A Fortunate Day a very Fine Day a Few Flakes of Snow this Morning an Indian passed Down with a Team to Rofs's Island For Wood splittig Logs at the Door First Time for Stanley to be Shaved Reuben and Jessie came Down on scates From Cornwall 10 minutes to 2 the Left Cornwall and got here 1/2 Past 3 Pretty good for them not Knowing the Road or the ice Leander crofsed got the Mail Received the Gazzeet Almanack From Dan Bought Haggarty Tea and Sugar Fernandez came

27th Fine Randolph and D Spink came had a Spear Dan made himself for EEls in the Mud went to spear EEls got 22 The 2 young Folks Reuben and Jessy started for Cornwall a change in the Moon Snowed through the night

28th Snowing to Day Randolph came Grinding axes had a Dog with him one of the cows calved yesterday

29th Fine cold Day chopping some calm to night Fernandez crofsed to night came Back siad the Revd Mr Mathewson was coming to morrow

30th Fine Day E Wind 2 Rigs of Indians went Down for Wood The Boys Leander and Fernandez went to Lancaster to get the Horses shod 80 cents Kings Fixed the Revs Mr Mathewson and Randolph here Read From the 6th Chapter of The Galations and then Quoted from that also a very Good Prayer Brought me the Christian Herald and in it very good Reading Boys came they say the Road goes Down on the ice From Dan Frasers to Lancaster Bushed Drawing stones to the Wharf there Fernandez crofsed to cut ice for Jo Douquett

31st Fine Fair and Frosty E Wind Stanley and Leander chopping

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