170 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
Shore Camp, Icy Spit, Wrangell Island, 
March 18th, 1914. 
My dear Mr. Munro: 
I am leaving this morning with seven dogs, one 
sledge and Kataktovick to get the news of our dis¬ 
aster before the authorities at Ottawa. 
During my absence you will be in charge. 
I have already allocated supplies to the different 
parties. McKinley has four men, Hadley is with 
the Eskimo Kerdrillo which makes four people, 
Mr. Williamson three men and yourself three men. 
McKinlay kindly made out a list for me and I 
will ask him to give a copy to you when you get 
back from your trip to Shipwreck Camp. 
You will make a trip to Herald Island to search 
for traces of mate’s party. On my way I will 
cover the coast as far as Rodgers Harbor. 
The great thing of course is the procuring of 
game. In this Kerdrillo will be of great assistance. 
Let him have his dogs and the two others so he can 
cover a good deal of ground; and our own parties, 
scatter them around so that they will be able to 
hunt and while away the time. Give each party 
enough dogs, if you can spare them so that they 
can better cover the ground. 
As we talked about distributing supplies that 
you bring back; give each one their proportional 
share. As it stands now there are 80 days’ pemxni- 
can and oil for each person. 
Please do all you can to promote good feeling in 
camp. You will assemble at Rodgers Harbor 
about the middle of July where I hope to meet you 
with a ship. 
Sincerely yours, 
R. A. Bartlett, 
Captain, C. G. S. 
