Book First — 1881
January
6 January. Hauling home turnips
7 January. (Friday) Hauling turnips home.
8 " (Sat) Burning stumps and maid bar by the barn
9 " (Sun) I went out hunting with Indian John. I killed one deer + John killed two.
10 " (Mon) Working in Blacksmith shop
11 " (Tues) "
12 " (Wed) "
13 " (Thurs) "
14 " (Fri) Repearing the little
January 1881
16 Fine Clear Day
17 Stormy Weather
18 Fine Clear Day*
19 Mother went to Nanaimo
20 F C D
21 Freezing
22 Father maid a road to the head of the bay.
23 Mr. throp help us Kill a pig
24 Baloing
25 One foot of snow fell.
26 Thawing
27 "
28 Snowing
29 Light snow
30 Thawing
31 Snowing
Snowing all day **
February 1881
1 Lost the boat on account of high tide
2 Thawing all day. Making a bread water at the beach
3 Raining
4 Thawing
5 We went to look for drift boards around the island.
6 Raining all
7 Working in the Blacksmith shop
8 Splitting work
9 FCD
10 A rainy day
11 Brought home the oxen
12 Hauling wood
13 -
14 Cold day
15 Fine Clear Day. Splitting rails
16 FCD
17 Father went to Nanaimo *
18 Burning logs
19 I shot a panther at bottom
Father returned from Nanaimo *
First Book — [March] 1881
21 Fine Clear Day
22 Lost one of our pigs gone [?]
23 Fine Day. Digging holes for apple trees
24 Father hired Indian Peter to help plant the orchard
25 Planting the orchard
26 Pulling Turnips
27 "
28 Pm: I went to Mr. Bishops
Am: Planting in the orchard
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