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for Chicago, 111., where all of us were vaccinated in accordance with a 

 decision of the authorities. Our dei)arture from Chicago was tele- 

 graphed to Prof. E. B. Anderson, at Madison, Wis., and on our arrival 

 there he had provided temporary lodgings for the Lapps. After an 

 absence of nearly three months, occupied during the whole time in 

 traveling and caring for a lot of helpless human beings and animals, 

 the writer again stood on the station platform in Madison pretty tired 

 and exhausted. The dogs had arrived there the day before. 



As my journey to Lapland had been made unexpectedly, and as I 

 had no one to look after my private affairs, I needed a few days at 

 Madison to settle my business and pack my goods for a removal to 

 Alaska. The baggage of the Lapps had become musty, and so I 

 arranged with Prof. li. B. Anderson to remain a few days in Madison, 

 Wis. Arrangements were made to transport the Lapps by way of 

 the Great I^Torthern Eailroad to Seattle, and thence by steamer to San 

 Francisco, and as soon as we were ready to leave Madison the tickets 

 were on hand and delivered to me. We were placed in a very comfort- 

 able so-called tourist car, where the Lapps were able to cook their own 

 food and do as they pleased. On the evening of May 22 the train left 

 St. Paul. 



We exx)ected to be in Seattle in a few days, but the Hoods in the 

 Rocky Mountains were not anticipated, and hence we miscalculated. 

 Meanwhile we made good progress until the afternoon of the 24th, 

 when we arrived in Kalispell. The only misfortune we had had up to 

 this time was the death of one of our dogs on the 23d. When we 

 arrived at Kalispell we were told that we could not proceed before the 

 next morning, on account of a washout, but when the next morning came 

 we were told that we would have to wait until the following morning, 

 and doubtless we would have heard this promise for a month if the 

 passengers had not begun to insist on being sent back and transferred 

 to another line. Trains continued to come in from the East, leave their 

 passengers, and return, so that had this importation been continued 

 the town would soon have become congested with people; but finally 

 orders were received to go back to Harvard, which was done on the 

 26th of May. 



During our stay at Kalispell we had the misfortune of having one of 

 our best dogs stolen from us. One day the dogs had been taken out of 

 their cages to be bathed, a matter which we attended to as often as pos- 

 sible. After bathing the dogs were brought back to the station and 

 given their liberty for a short time. In the meantime it was necessary 

 for me to go to town to secure provisions for my j)eople, and on my return 

 one of the dogs was missing. Inquiry was made through the town, but 

 the dog was not found. The search had been abandoned and the Lapp 

 was weeping over the loss of his dog when a small boy reported that 

 he had seen a man and a black dog go westward on a hand car. We 

 at once went to find the foreman of the railroad section, and from him 



