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last deer man was paid off in barter goods. Anchor was weighed as soon 

 as the ooiuiaks were clear of the ship, and the vessel once more got under 

 way for Port Clareuce. While we were crossing Bering Straits a heavy 

 gale came up and several deer were badly injured by the rolling and 

 pitching of the vessel. We did not reach Point Spencer until the 17th, 

 and as the gale was still violent we anchored in the lee of the cape until 

 it subsided. 



About noon of the 20th the Bear steamed over to the reindeer station 

 and landed the deer. The brig W. H. Meyer, with the annual suiiplies 

 for several stations and schools on board, was foujid wrecked on the 

 beach in front of the station, having gone ashore during the gale on the 

 night of tlie 17th. The supplies for the station had fortunately all been 

 landed, but those for the schools at Cape Prince of Wales and Point 

 Barrow were lost. Mr. and Mrs. Hanna, who were to relieve Mr. and 

 Mrs. Lopp at Cape Prince of Wales, had been passengers on the Afeyer, 

 and unfortunately their supplies had been so danuiged as to be useless. 

 They were heartily welcomed and cared for at the station. 



On July 22 the Bear weighed anchor and headed for Siberia for 

 another load of deer, and on July 23 reached St. Lawrence Bay. On 

 the 24th she steamed to the head of the bay, where 43 head were secured. 

 The next day she returned to the station and landed the deer. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Kjellmann having decided to return to the States, it was possible 

 to spare supplies for Mr. and Mrs. Hanna. By the courtesy of Cai)tain 

 Healey they were received on board and lauded at Cape Prince of Wales 

 on the afternoon of the 27th. 



Cape Prince of Wales is the westernmost point of America, and is a 

 bold promontory rendered remarkable by a number of Jagged points 

 upon its ridge. Here is the largest village on the American side, with 

 a population of 539 Eskimos. This school lias been remarkably suc- 

 cessful, and I repeat a short sketch of it which has been ])rinted in a 

 previous report, but which may now reach a larger number of readers : 



In 1890 the American Missionary Association (Congregational) established a station 

 at this place, with Messrs. W. T. Lopp and H.E. Thornton as teachers; school was 

 opened on the 18th of Augnst, 1890, with only abont one-fonrth of the population 

 returned to the village from their summer's hunt. 



The school being established among a wild people who had known no restraints, 

 and who could not conii)rehend the purposes or language of the teachers in coming 

 to them, at first, through misapprehension, there was a good deal of trouble. On the 

 19th of September Elignak, one of the wealthiest men of the village, and one of his 

 wives, both in a state of beastly intoxication, tried to force their way into the house. 

 On the 23d of September some of the students became so boisterous and unruly in 

 the schoolroom that they also had to be excluded from the liouse. And again, in 

 November, drnuken parties tried to break in and make a disturbance, so that for 

 two mouths the teachers taught, ate, worked, and slept with loaded arms at hand, 

 not knowing at what moment they might have to defend the property committed to 

 them and their lives. They wers constantly harassed with (jnestions as to when 

 resistance should begin and how far it wonld be justifiable, debating in their own 

 mmds whether it would be better to allow themselves to be robbed or murdered 

 withouttfesistance, or through resistance make the savages respect their manhood. 



