420 possibly sending the Eskimos back from the mouth of the Mackenzie direct. Peter does not want Mac to take Sammik, Keh-ko-tah P's son and Jimmie Panikpai's sons because the former might be a troublesome factor in the States and the latter is need- ed by his father. In fact, Sammik also is needed by his mother, both he and Jimmie having been employed almost continuously at Etah for the past two years. Peter fears the effect upon them of a visit to the States, such as theirs would be and wonders how they would get back safely to their homes. He thinks that they would be spoiled for Eskimo life, in the same way possibly that Mere is. If Mac stays behind for a fourth year in this region and goes to Ellesmere Land with two families with the idea of coming out in 1917 and return- ing to New York via Denmark, Peter fears that something may happen to