Letter from Errol Lorne Knight to Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 4 January 1923

Wrangle Island

January 4, 1923.

Dear Mr. Stefansson:-

Crawford and I are about to start for Nome and I am leaving this letter with Maurer to send to you should anything unforseen happen to me. Of course I am not afraid of starving to death or freezing (thanks to the things I have been taught by you) but I am well aware that accidents are as liable to happen to one in this country as well as on the "outside."

So if I "pass my checks" kindly send whatever remuneration I am entitled to, to my mother or father at McMinnville, and rest assured that I am ever grateful for the favors you have shown me, and the opportunities that you have made for me.

I am, Sir:-

Your humble servant

(Signed) E. Lorne Knight