men who have been up the Kantashnai river
of which the Tolcat is the head & lefthand branch
- made arrangements with Hendricks to buy
outift from him, and he also agreed to take
the party and outfit up the Kantashnai to the
forks, - sixty miles
{on the 'Tanana Chief" - a small steamer}
Martin and another
prospector say that the "Tanana Chief" can
go up to the forks - and that we will save
several days time and all the hard work of
cutting brush {by this assistance.}
We will make camp there
& cache a boat, so that we can come down
from that point without delay. No danger
in small boat from there. Also made
arrangement with Hendricks for our outfit.
He will go immediately after the ice goes
down the Tanana. Walked down to Chena
& back - bad trail - water running in Chena
& saw big Mallard drake, this side of Steamboats
in the rising river current.
