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For the events of Dominion Day, , we shall take for our
authority Chief Engineer John Munro, for he and not Hadley was in official
command at Wrangell Island and it was, therefore, by his direction that a
British flag was raised and possession of the island reaffirmed. I take the
following extract from a letter written me by Mr. Munro, dated Oakland, California,
:

"At this time Maurer, Templeman and I were located at Rodgers
Harbor.... On Dominion Day, , we raised a Canadian red xxxxx
ensign about twenty feet from the tent, claiming the island as British, but
unfortunately no proclamation was written out either then or when we left the
island. On leaving we only left a note, stating that we had been picked up by
the King and Winge on September 7th.

"A further object of the flag was as a landmark whereby any ship
trying to locate us could do so more readily.

"Such are the simple facts of the case." If I knew exactly what you
wanted this information for I could probably explain things better."

Munro has told me, and you can also see it from the photograph,
that it was Frederick Maurer who actually hauled up the flag. The man seen
assisting him is Robert Templeman, the steward of the Karluk. It was Munro
himself who took the photograph.

For July 3rd we go back to Hadldy again:

On that day the wind turned to the southwest, blowing strong.
The ice went off from the beach and disappeared, ending our sealing and duck
shooting. The ammunition was getting low and we could not afford to shoot small
game, so we got a net that we had been using for fish, though we never caught
any, and brought it

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