My letter of instructions to Munro was as follows:
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 disaster 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’ pemmican 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.