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ridiculous, that the main purpose of the expedition was to
continue trapping and other company business and that he was
forwarding $10,000 that day. I accordingly organized the
expedition on a business basis, securing a very favorable
contract with the professional trappers I had engaged whereby in
return for transportation and supplies they were to turn over
to the company one-half of the furs caught/ during their first
two years on the island. The company's share in these furs
would more than cover the entire cost of the expedition. That
the company has since disposed of their interests in the Wrangel
colony is no fault of mine. I do not know the financial details
of this transfer and I have never had any financial interest in
the company.

In the meantime I had received telegrams from Taylor
reporting the progress he was making in regard to my newspaper
contract and eventually received word that he had closed a con-
tract for me for $3,000 and asked me to wire approval. This
contract provided for the purchase of a 20,000 word story which
was to be merely an account of my personal experiences, such as
adventures in the ice pack, hunting experiences, observations
made on the island, conversations with the Crawford party
should I find them alive, etc. It was contingent on my
reaching the island but was unaffected by anything else. It did
not include any stories I might write on the basis of documents

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