Monday Mar. 15/97

Got up early in the a.m. & went to the store & made up
14 leads. I had quite a time of it. However by hard
work I did it & just about 6 o'eloek p.m. we had another
hard rain I had to move things about the room promis-—
couously in order to keep them dry.

Tuesday Mar. 16 - 1897

I went again to the store and finished the loads & a
caravan of A.B.M.U. came in with 20 men I furnished their
14 loads & Mr. Hill gave them 5. One eapeta of the A.P.C.M
came in with a goodly number of carriers but has been
doing very poor work. He wanted another book a licence
for this year, but I had no loads at present & so refused
to license him. Tonight just as I was about ready to
retire there came another of those tremendous winds &
rain and after about $ an hours hard rain & wind I heard
a pounding on my door and when I opened it there were

the boys the reof had blown off their house and they
came to me for protection. I let them in and they slept
in my dining room. I had quite a time trying to keep

out of the rain for it came in wherever the air could
passe

Wednesday Mar. 17 - 97

A mild rain after the storm continued all night. About

7 o'clock this a.m. it ceased and I immediately set the
boys to work repairing their house. They did not want

to do it but when I told them they could not get chop
until they did it they began work & about 3 o'clock
another rain came up, and broke into their work. I began
working on my house to keep out the rain & now I have it
ook.

Thursday Mar. 18 - 97

This asm. 2 capetas whom Verner licenced on the 2d of
July last, came & wanted a new licence. Tf was a new man
& they tho't they could work me as they pleased, but I
took the paper which Verner had given them and tore it
up. You see he licenced them and they had not carried
any loads at all. They said that they had come to do so
but there were none for them so of course could not carry
them. I had no loads for them so of course I did not
licence them. I gave them a small dash for their trouble
-in order to keep them in a good humor and sent them to
the Duteh house where they got loads.
