APPENDIX B. 



ANNUAL REPORT TELLER REINDEER STATION. 



By William A. K.tellmann, Superintendent. 



[Translated by Rastnus B. Anderson, LL D.. ex-United States minister to Denmark, autlior of 

 Norse Mythology. Pirst Chapter of Norwegian Immigration, and other works.] 



Port Clarence, Alaska, June 29, 1895. 

 Sir: In accordance with your instructions dated July 2, 1894, in 

 which you say.that ^'upon the last day of June of each year the super- 

 intendent will make out and mail to the general agent of education m 

 Alaska an annual report of operations at the station," I have the honor 

 to render an account of matters at the Teller Reindeer Station for the 

 period beginning with August 6, 1894, and ending with the 30th of June, 

 1895. With it will be included a report of my journey to Lapland, and 

 of the transportation of the Lapps to this place in 1894. 



I left Madison, Wis., February 16, 1894, in accordance with your 

 instructions, bound for Lapland, via Washington, for the purpose of 

 securing the services of five Lapp families and their dogs, and trans- 

 porting them to Alaska as herders of reindeer. These Lapps were in 

 the first place to herd the reindeer belonging to the United States 

 Government, and in the second place teach the natives of Alaska the 

 art of herding reindeer. • . x, ^ *- 



Upon my arrival in Chicago the same day, I spent the day there and at 

 once commenced inquiries into the cheapest and best way of transporting 

 the Lapps and their dogs from Chicago to San Francisco. The result 

 of my investigation on this point was reported to you on my arrival in 

 Washington the 19th of the same month. 



After receiving the necessary orders and letters of introduction, that 

 were of great service to me, and aided me materially in making my 

 mission successful, and after receiving $1,000 from you personally for 

 defraying the necessary expenses of my Journey, I started tor New 

 York on the morning of the 20th, where a ticket was bought the same 

 day for Troiidhjem, via Liverpool and Hull, England. I traveled by 

 the White Star Lme across the Atlantic, and by the Wilson Line across 

 the North Sea. Trondhjem is the most northern point in Norway to 

 which tickets can be bought at New York. 



On account of the short time at my disposal-only two days between 

 my appointment and my departure for Lapland-I did not liave much 

 opportunity to prepare any definite plan for my somewhat difficult 

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