650 ALASKA INDUSTRIES. 



I intend to send the herd into the lakes as soon as the Bear comes 

 down from Point Barrow. It is more safe there from Eskimos and 

 dogs, and there is better food for them. 



Things at the station are otherwise in their usual track. A little is 

 done, but much more could have been had I had someone to help me. 



Trusting in the care of the Infinite, and with good hope for the 

 experiment, I await, with pleasant expectations, your order for next 

 summer. 



Respectfully, yours, 



J. C. WiDSTEAD. 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 



United States General Agent of Education in Alaska. 



Teller Reindeer Station, 



August 29, 1895. 



Dear Sir : The Bear is ready to leave us for another winter, and I 

 inclose, in haste, these few lines as additional to the brief letter of yes- 

 terday. 



First. As it becomes more and more difficult to get fuel for the winter, 

 allow me to mention the necessity of having a steam or naphtha launch. 

 I think the subject came u^) last year during your stay in Alaska. We 

 find that such a launch would be of great service to us, not only in the 

 bringing of wood, but for our extensive fishing trips (as necessary to 

 the station all the year round as fuel is to us in winter), bringing news 

 and food to the herd by the lakes in spring and fall, visiting distant 

 herds, etc. If this can be had, much time and labor will be saved. A 

 second-hand or even old launch would do as well as a new one, and this 

 could be purchased for comj^aratively little. 



Second. That, for the best resvilt at the station, it is necessary to have 

 active men, men of intelligence as well as labor. As we can not depena 

 on the native for anything before he is shown how to do it, and unless 

 he is constantly watched, the idea suggests itself that we must have 

 willing and active men. 

 Very truly, yours, 



J. C. WiDSTEAD. 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 



United States General Agent of Education in Alaska. 



