On September 11 clouds and mist squalls in the morning gave way
to sunshine in the afternoon; wind light, easterly; temperature,
37° to 45.5°. Caribou were noted as follows: five on the east
side of Little River; two does and a fawn on an island in Windy
Bay; a doe and a fawn swimming northward across this bay; half a
dozen on Josie’s Hill. During a flight from Churchill to Nueltin
Lake on this day, Charles Schweder detected no Caribou at all,
and concluded that the bulk of the migrating herds had by this
time passed to the southward of his course. During the latter
part of August, while descending the Thlewiaza River from
Nueltin Lake to Hudson Bay, he had seen thousands of the
animals--as many as 5,000 in a single day, although no more than
500 in a single herd.
Sun, clouds, and rain marked September 12; wind moderate to
light, south to west; temperature, 48° to 60°. Only two Caribou
were reported.
September 13 was cloudy, with intermittent mist squalls and a
little sun; wind light to brisk, northerly; temperature, 34° to
about 44°. Two bands of Caribou (of four and five animals)
appeared near the mouth of Windy River.
It was generally cloudy, with a snow squall, on September 14;
wind brisk to light, northerly; temperature, 33° to 41°. A doe
and a fawn, proceeding northward, and four or five other Caribou
appeared on the near-by ridges.
The weather was clear on the 15th, with a moderate to brisk
north wind and temperatures of 29° to 48°; ice at edge of the
river. Fred reported about 100 Caribou (none of them bucks)
north of camp, and Anoteelik secured 13 east of Little River.
On the morning of the 16th intermittent snow flurries left a
thin cover on the ground, but it was practically dissipated by
the afternoon sun; wind brisk, northerly; temperature, 30° to
39°. Fred reported three old does without fawns, and no bucks.
September 17 was mostly cloudy, with a little sun; wind light,
northwest and west; temperature, 30° to 43°. A single Caribou
was seen on the south side of Windy River.
Clear skies prevailed on September 18; wind brisk, westerly;
temperature, 35° to 53.5°; ice at edge of the river. A solitary
black fly appeared. No Caribou reported.
September 19 was another clear day; wind moderate to brisk,
west-southwest; temperature, 42° to 60°. Anoteelik, camping on
the Barrens about 2 miles to the north of camp for the past
couple of days, reports having killed 20 Caribou (only one of
them a buck).
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