Sep 11, 2015
. . . Nor had I many tales of hardships and sufferings to relate. In fact, I have avoided them, chiefly because I much prefer comfort, but also because to my mind they are usually the result of carelessness or incompetence. If I ever had any hardships I blush to own them.
A Communication from Leffingwell, Ernest de Koven Leffingwell, published in the University of Chicago Magazine, 1914
Leffingwell spent 1906-1914 living on the North Slope of Alaska, writing a huge paper on the geography and geology of the Canning River area. His new map of the region incorporated Inupiaq place names wherever possible, but when no such names existed, he used the names of people who had done him favors while living in the region.
