recalk

Updated: June 11, 2025

Our losses, by the wrecking of the "No Name," and by various mishaps since, together with the amount thrown away to-day, leave us little more than two months' supplies, and to make them last thus long we must be fortunate enough to lose no more. We drag our boats on shore and turn them over to recalk and pitch them, and Sumner is engaged in repairing barometers.

John Wesley Powell - Canyons of the Colorado