Greenland Journal IV 1916-1917
Page 76
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to send all the foxskins to his (62) (Mac's) sister at Freeport, Maine. Unfortunately, Mac did this very thing, as I know now from having seen on Sunday last (the 20th) the letter of instructions dated 11 Feb., 1914, which Mac gave to Jot Small when the first start for Crocker Land was made in which he (Mac) wrote "the fox skins are all to go to Freeport", a direction which was not recalled or rescinded when the second start was made and Dr. Hunt was left in general charge of head- quarters. Mr. Rasmussen's claims, with apparent correctness, that this negatives Mac Millan's statement made to us on the 17th that the fox skins were collected for the