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James Cameron Island

19th of April 1901 Primrose Day Fine Eddy here took a can of Syrup Sawing Stove Wood Rained to Day and to night Fernandez came with his Wheel Set the net Windy

20th Windy Rain Sawing Stove-wood cold to Day the Grenada came out to Day on her First Trip Raining hard every night E Wind

21st Sunday Rained E Wind Leander crofsed this Evening a calf to night Rained again to night

22nd Fine Day Windy cool Stanley went to Dundee 1 cowhide 1 calfskin 1 Fox 3 Rats Sawing and cutting stove Wood at the Door Gathered 9 pails of Sap the Chaffe came into Lancaster this Evening Rain Stanley did not come to night

23rd St George's Day The Festival of the English Rained some Boiling sap East Wind

24th Unfortunate Day Made about 2 Gallons I think this is the Last Let the cows out to Pasture E Wind Randolph here Stanley and George came Sold his Fur Fox 1 Dollar Rats 15 cents a Peice Bought Outing 8 cents a yard Went over to the old House Rained every Day Since the New Moon came in Wrote a Letter to Allen W Ward Box 748 Avon Liv.Co. N.Y Began to Thrash about 1 o clock Oats Bought a Hat

25th St Marks Day Unfortunate Day First Quarter of the Moon Rained this Morning the Way the weather is to Day it will be so for Forty Days so some Folks say all Superstition E Wind Thrashing very Fine Day some Windy Took away the Buckets yesterday Sap runs well to Day My Head very Dizzy to Day and Last night Went up to the camp at 12 o clock 1 of the Sheep a Lamb and we took it in the House another had a Lamb at the upper Point after Supper Thrashed 50 Bushel

26th East Wind cool Fine Day Eddy here put Shoes on the Mare Finished the Thrashing this afternoon James Creamers B Day Indians here with Baskets Bought 4 from them the Woman is one of the Fridays about 100 or More Bushels Leander crofsed Bought 1/2 lb Tea

27th a very Fine Day E Wind George and Stanley went of took 2 Bags of Oats 2 Baskets for the children first Steamer went Down with a Raft the PUt the Mill in the old House Got coal oil new Round Dish 1 {illegible} Rival Took home Sugar Bush pans

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James Cameron Island

28th of April 1901 Sunday a Fortunate Day very Fine Day Eddy and Leander to the Kit Kit Eddy Brought me Dozen of Herring 20 cents Randolph Adelaide and the Big Boy Gave him 50 cents Silver Lilly and Gordon all here got some Pike in the net Salted the cattle 2 Indians set Fire on the Little Island Leander and Lilly went up together W Wind

29th Fine Fortunate Day Stanley very sick very unwell to Day First Ploughing to Day the Wheat Piece East of the Grove spreading some heaps of Manure on the corn Ground Went to the head of the Island to see the Sheep took the Trap home from the Bay East Wind Rained to night

30th Last Day of April Raining East Wind Stanley in Bed very unwell Working at Boarding the West side with ash Eddy Renshaw here Lights up to night Algoma went into Salmon River Foggy smoky

1st of May St Phillip and St James Day very Foggy in the Morning Turned very Fine Light Lit up Last Night a Tug came the Government to Fix the Buoys and Lights she came Down a Tug came up heavy Loaded Ploughing put out some Manure the Indians here with Baskets Bought 1 small Basket

2nd Kind of Foggy Rained West Wind The Lady Smith got a ground on her Trip Down at Summerstown 8 Tugs went Down 1 Went up and More may pass yet Fired a Shot out of the Window at Ducks Stanley some some Better to Day he is up put out manure Biismarck Left Here on this day of the Month 1894 for Brittish Columbia More Boats went The Hamilton went Down Captain AJ Baker of Summerstown the Lady-Smith got off aground did not go into Lancaster Leander to Summerstown got the Mail got my Pills From Mr Ward

3rd Fine Windy Lots of Boats a going a Fortunate Day Drawing out Manure

4th Fine Went to Head of the Island Sowed 4 Bushel of Wheat Hamilton went up Leander and Fernandez to Lancaster Bought 1 lb of Tea

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