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Nome, Alaska August 31, 1923.

Following telegram sent to
A. J. Taylor
V. Stefansson.

Arrived last night Ada Blackjack only survior stop buried
Knight August twentieth stop Crawford Galli Maurer left
Wrangell January twenty eight nineteen twenty three stop
believe entire party perished you notify relatives of boys
as you think best stop have left colony of two eskimo families
two unmarried eskimo men in charge of Wells stop equipped
party for two years sojurn stop game conditions Wrangell
apparently excellent stop failure of last expedition due to
combination poor equipment and inexperience

Harold Noice.