By the time of later ethnographic accounts, such as Métraux (1940), much of what Routledge recorded in her notes had been forgotten, and the oral history showed a strong external influence from popular published accounts.
Da senere etnografiske studier, som Métraux (1940), kom til var meget af det som Routledge havde nedskrevet i sin noter blevet glemt, og den orale historie viste en stærk indflydelse fra andre udgivne beretninger.