Noice did not return them to her.

He sold his account of the expedition, drawing on the diaries without her consent.

Ada had been promised $50 a month for the duration of the expedition.

She did not receive the full amount she had been promised.

She received no compensation for the extraordinary services she had provided beyond her seamstress contract.

She received no royalties or credit from the books and articles about the expedition.

She did, however, take what she had been paid — however insufficient — and use it immediately for its intended purpose.