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under her breath. Finally she said, "If my mother could see this, I don't
know what she would say. Maybe she would say nothing, just like I do."
Later she expressed her feeling by saying "I do not know why white people
want to come to Nome where there is ice and snow when they have everything so
beautiful like this." Every flower engaged her attention, every bit of color.

My friends, the Keatings, met me at the boat. They
expected to take me over to their home in Piedmont until to-morrow after but
I did not like to leave Ada on the boat without me. So I went over for lunch,
then they drove back over and we picked up Ada and Bennett at the ship and
went out to the Cliff House and beach and thru the parks. Ada said she had
never been on such a beautiful ride in all her life. I think the little boy
saw everything. Mr. Keating was so fascinated by him that he hated to let
him go. Bennett was busy teaching Mr. Keating Eskimo.

Ada is talking more and more freely to people. She told me
to-night there were so many nice people. She talked quite a bit to Mrs.
Keating - told her little things about the Island, how there were many polar
bears, one or more every week, when she was there alone - and many walrus out
on the broken ice the first year - "thousands by the noise they made." She
always says "all the boys were good to her." She liked them all. I wonder
what she did put into her story she dictated in Seattle. I was very sorry
Marshall Jordon missed getting a copy of it to me for I could have supplemented
the story by asking questions and getting her to enlarge on it. He said he
would have a copy in L.A. for me, but if he doesn't please have one made. I
don't want her to keep repeating to me if there is anything new to be found.

If there is anything you want me to ask her please send me
the list of questions. Sometimes I think she I'll ask her about Noice'
stories - but not until I know whether she has told it in the Seattle
dictation. There is no use in going over it again if it has been done once.

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