stefansson-wrangel-09-15-034-005a

[this first paragraph is the end of the letter, skip over it to continue reading in order]
People stop
to talk to him -
I hope it is
not too late
for Fanny
Hurst to write
her story.
Let me know
about this -
tomorrow we will be in
SanFrancisco - P.

She had better tell it or
they would murder her - I
laughed her out of that idea
and tried to explain how they always
kept the records of all expeditions
for history - and since she was on
Wrangell expedition her story
was apart of that history -
I said among her people there
were story tellers who kept telling
the history of the tribes one to
the other but white
[people] had a written

history -and that was what this
was for - she said "oh! is that it"
and seemed satisfied -I think
she understands things very
well - she said today she
forgot to show you the letters she
had from Mr. Noice and the one
about the money - when she was
there - - She doesnt seem
to ask for anything -said she
knew she had to watch her money
closely -and could only spend
about 20 a month or she wouldnt
have enough to go back to Nome -
that she didn't want to touch anything
that was in the Nome bank
that was for Bennett - only she
had written some man in Nome

[this first paragraph is the end of the letter, skip over it to continue reading in order]
People stop
to talk to him -
I hope it is
not too late
for Fanny
Hurst to write
her story.
Let me know
about this -
tomorrow we will be in
SanFrancisco - P.

She had better tell it or
they would murder her - I
laughed her out of that idea
and tried to explain how they always
kept the records of all expeditions
for history - and since she was on
Wrangell expedition her story
was apart of that history -
I said among her people there
were story tellers who kept telling
the history of the tribes one to
the other but white
[people] had a written

history -and that was what this
was for - she said "oh! is that it"
and seemed satisfied -I think
she understands things very
well - she said today she
forgot to show you the letters she
had from Mr. Noice and the one
about the money - when she was
there - - She doesnt seem
to ask for anything -said she
knew she had to watch her money
closely -and could only spend
about 20 a month or she wouldnt
have enough to go back to Nome -
that she didn't want to touch anything
that was in the Nome bank
that was for Bennett - only she
had written some man in Nome