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the country and to Europe. A New York journalist, of the
best intentions I am sure, was employed to expand the
Noice despatches. He is undoubtedly responsible for many
at least of the things in the published reports which I
should have liked to see omitted. I have just received a
letter from this journalist who says, among other things,
"I hope Noice will not shoot me when he gets back and
finds how I amplified his story". Some at least of the
amplifications were unfortunate but we cannot have much
hard feeling in that regard either, for this journalist
had the best possible intentions.

I have a fairly clear idea in my own mind of how
everything happened at Wrangell Island, but I am not
going to write you about that now for it is possible that
I may be in part wrong and that the diaries will show it.

There is great popular interest all over the world
in the story of Wrangell Island. It has seemed to me best
that the story should be fully published and widely read.
Since my name is so prominently connected with it, it
would probably be best that I write the story - partly
because it will in that way have a somewhat wider sale. I
have thought that the money received should either be
divided between the four families or used for some memor-
ial. My own idea was the division of the money but I see
there are proposals afoot in Canada for a memorial.

Please give my sympathy to Miss Jones and especially
to Mrs. Knight.

V. Stefansson.

Mr. J.I.Knight.
Messrs.Knight Adjustment Co.,
McMinville, Oregon.
U.S.A.