Mar. 7, 1926 (an excerpt of a "bulletin" from Letters from the Field, p. 55):

... I’ve really been very lucky. In this village, living with white people and because of the very papalagi [European] character of the chiefs at this end of the island, I’ve escaped high rank entirely. The children call me Makelita and treat me as one of themselves, which is just what I needed for my problem. Then in Fitiuta, where I can get all my richest ethnology, I have rank to burn and can order the whole village about. It couldn’t have worked out better. I’ve now got only eleven more weeks in Samoa, four of which I shall probably have to spend in Tutuila as the boats run irregularly. But school has begun and it’s practically impossible to get hold of the children any more. Anyway my problem is practically completed. So I’ll spend the rest of the time filling in gaps in the problem and getting ethnology. ...