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September 7, 1926 : Head Camp (Lower & Upper) ; Rouffaer River


Tuesday
September 7
1926

The river was still high so it was no go today. The morning past [sic] quickly. Dick went hunting and returned with another crown pigeon. We are living on turkey now days and Oh Boy good is no name for it. Late this afternoon a prow came down from Head Camp with a few soldiers and a couple of Dyaks to see how we were faring. They are going to try to take up two prows tomorrow with just a little food in them [–] rice and deng deng, mostly deng deng for they are short of food up in upper head camp. Doc, Leroux and Posthumus are inside and Dr. Hoffman and Van Leeuwen are at head camp.




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