My reasons why--I knew
how long it would take me to go up and back again to Northwest
River. It would take me nearly two weeks. I thought it would be
pretty late when we could make a start on our trip to Battle
Harbor, and would miss the boat that Dr. Macpherson told us would
be in Battle Harbor about the 1st of May. Also I was sure that the
canoe would be crushed to pieces with the weight of the snow, as we
left it in a place where it had a good chance of being crushed to
the ground. If we had put it in some shelter where it would be all
right, or if we had put it on a stage to keep in good shape; but
when we had just taken it out of the river, and just left it along
the open, I knew it could not be safe. I thought it was a piece of
nonsense to try and get it out, and would be only a trip for
nothing. Even then I would be willing to go if it hadn't been so
late. Also I thought it was hardly fair to try and force me to go
any way, because I knew that I wasn't under either of them. I was
hired by Mr. Hubbard on the trip and we had to do all the planning.
It was Mr. Hubbard's expedition, and we had to obey him and try to
help him in all we could while we were yet together.
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