ten for other material that was not vital to the subsistence or the objects of the Expedition. He objects to hand- ing them over to Frenchen at the prices offered, saying that he himself would pay in cash twice as much for them. When I learned the comparatively small number of the skins, I withdrew my insistence upon turning them all over to Frenchen, but said that I should like to have some of them used in paying Frenchen for the skins and work and material fur- nished by him (Frenchen) for the outfit of the southbound party. I believe that this is what is to be done. formal. At my request Mae Niellan wrote letters to Tanquary and Allen in- structing them to proceed south used in January, 1916, in the party for which I have made provision and he placed them in my care.