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liad large herds of domestic reindeer. As it was impossible to restock 

 the ocean with whale as a stream could be restocked with fish, the sug- 

 gestion was very natural to introduce the domestic reindeer of Siberia 

 into Alaska, teach the Alaskan natives the management and breeding 

 of the deer, and thus not only produce a new supply, but also lift the 

 poi)ulation a step forward in civilization, change them from hunting to 

 herding, accumulating property, etc. Uiion my return to Washington 

 I made a report to the Commissioner of Education, which was trans- 

 mitted to Congress, urging the adoption of this plan of introducing 

 reindeer into Alaska. 



During the year a large, substantial school building was erected at 

 Yakutat and a small school building at the Kake village on Kupreanof 

 Island. 



In 1891 I made my second annual tour to the Arctic, inspecting 

 schools on the Alaska side; also purchasing and transporting reindeer 

 from Siberia. 



The leading event of the year 1892 was the actual introduction of 

 domestic reindeer into Alaska, an account of which is given in this 

 report under the head of "Introduction of domestic reindeer into 

 Alaska." 



On January 10, 1892, Mr. C. H. Edwards, Government teacher at 

 Kake, while endeavoring to i^rotect the natives of the village where he 

 lived from the landing of whisky contrary to law by some smugglers, 

 was shot by them and a few days afterwards died. After the farce of 

 a trial, the murderers were turned loose to continue their nefarious 

 operations. 



On the 29th of June, 1892, an industrial school for the instruction of 

 Alaskan young men in the raising and breeding of reindeer was estab- 

 lished at Port Clarence, near Bering Straits. This school was named 

 the Teller Reindeer Station, and on the 4th of July the first reindeer 

 for the herd were landed at this station from the revenue cutter Bear. 



On May 1 the Hon. James Sheakley, who had been local suijerintend- 

 ent of schools in southeastern Alaska for the past three years, resigned, 

 and Mr. William A. Kelly was appointed in his place. 



On the 19th of August, 1893, Mr. Harrison E. Thornton, teacher at 

 Cape Prince of Wales, was shot with a bomb gun in the hands of two 

 or three hoodlum young men, who had been debarred the privileges of 

 the school because of misbehavior. The young men were immediately 

 shot by their relatives and neighbors, as the only method the villagers 

 had of showing their abhorrence of the deed. 



On February 18 the schoolhouse at Killisnoo was discovered to be on 

 fire, and burned to the ground. On account of the smallness of the 

 appropriation for schools, the building could not be rebuilt, and the 

 school for the time being was closed. 



In the spring of 1894 I secured seven families of Norway Lapps and 

 sent them to the reindeer station, to take the places of teachers previ- 

 ously secured in Siberia, a fuller account of which is found under the 

 head of "Reindeer." During the summer and fall of 1895 school build- 

 ings were erected at Unalaska and Saxman. 



I have the honor to be, very resx^ectfully, yours, , 



Sheldon Jackson, 

 Gerieral Agent Uducatmi for Alaslca. 



