110 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
Second Sledge: 
25 lbs. of sugar 
4 cases of dog pemmican 
7 tins of Hudson’s Bay pemmican 
2 cases of biscuits 
1 dozen milk 
1 Primus stove 
1 80-30 Winchester rifle 
100 30-80 cartridges 
Candles, matches, pickaxe, hatchets 
1 sledge cover 
Third Sledge: 
4 cases of dog pemmican 
2 cases of man pemmican 
7 tins of Hudson’s Bay pemmican 
1 Mannlicher rifle 
250 Mannlicher cartridges 
1 one-gallon tin of coal oil 
2 bottles of alcohol 
Pickaxe, hatchets, shovels, rope 
Sleeping-robes and personal outfit 
1 pair of ski 
1 pair of snowshoes 
1 sledge cover 
To Mamen I gave a brief letter of instructions, 
concluding with this paragraph: “Should you 
miss the trail and fail to connect with our camp, 
after a reasonable time has been spent in looking 
it up, you will go back to Wrangell Island and 
await my arriving there.” 
The party got away at 9.30 a. m., accompanied 
for about five miles by other members of the ex- 
