424 our selection of Eskimos for helpers and servants. Peter is quite agreeable to their having Mene and Egingwah and his wife. Such supplies as are obtained from Peters store are to be bought and paid for or replaced. Peter was anxious that we take his own house and his servants and employe's, but he refused to accept any payment for the accommoda- tion and we declined his offer with thanks, since we do not wish to be under any unnecessary obligation to him and we feel that it is far better for Ekblaw and Come to be wholly independent of him and to manage their own af- fairs without being obliged or feeling under obligation to con- sult him [illegible] or his conveni- once with reference to their use of their assistants.