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living at Fisher River, while Kipling, a half-breed, was living at 
Keewatin. 
Through the kindness of some friends the following statements 
were obtained from these three men. 
EDWARD KIPLING’S STORY. 
Tom Mustagan, Paulet Papanakies, Henry Fidler and I were sent 
to the island. 
In the morning we divided at an unknown island, Henry Fidler 
and I went to the west, and the other two to the east. We returned to 
the starting point in the evening and thence to the camp, where Paulet 
Papanakies told of having seen the ship far out in the sea. This 
information was not communicated to Messrs. Anderson and Stewart 
for the men were all tired of the expedition and were anxious to get 
home. 
Next day we set out for Montreal Island, where Henry Fidler and 
I were sent on the west side. We saw the mark of the keel of a smal 
boat that had been dragged across the island, and found the boat 
broken in small pieces on the eastern side. There were remains of 
Eskimo camps close to the broken boat. The Eskimo were supposed 
to be cannibals. ( Note.—The story of the Eskimos being cannibals 
proved a very real difficulty in the way of obtaining canoemen for my 
journey through the Barren Lands in 1893. J.B.T.) We could find no 
other trace than the broken boat. We returned to camp that evening 
and next morning began the homeward journey. As the camps were 
broken up that evening preparatory to moving and we (Henry Fidler 
and I) were longer on the search than we had expected, nothing was 
reported about what we had seen on the east side of the island, namely 
the broken boat. When we returned to Fort Garry a portion of my 
wages was kept back until a settlement could be made. The balance 
has not been paid yet. We were told that medals had been sent us to 
York Factory, but we never received them. 
(Sgd.) EDWARD KIPLING. 
THOMAS MUSTAGAN’S STORY, as reported by Mr. J. A. Campbell : 
With regard to your inquiry I have interviewed old Tom Mustagan 
and others respecting “The Tale of a Ship,’and have elicited the 
following information :— One of the Anderson and Stewart party, 
