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Akweet koou came liere at the same time with the last two, and 

 belongs to (lohnin Bay, He is well (jualified for his work, bnt has to 

 be watched coiistantfy. He is industrions when he is observed, and 

 he seems to like to drive and train the animals, which is a good indica- 

 tion. But if it had not been decided to send a herd to his home, both 

 he and Martin would have been discharged before this, and better 

 qualified persons secured in their places. 



Soo wa wha sie presumably came in the autumn of 1893 from jS'ome. 

 His qualifications seem to fit him better to become a great doctor in this 

 region rather than a herder. The Eskimos say that he was born to be a 

 doctor, as they know from certain marks on him. This is probably the 

 reason w^hy he did not take much interest in the life of a herder, and so 

 he was discharged and sent home after he had been found guilty of a 

 few small thefts. 



Antisarlook (Charlie), from Point Rodney. I do not know at what 

 time he came to the station. On my arrival at the station he was quite 

 ill and puny, and hence I could not set him at any hard work. He was 

 soon to take a herd of his own, and he needed all the strength he could 

 gather before taking charge of his own herd. He had good qualifica- 

 tions as a herder, and a fuller report of him will be given in connection 

 with his own herd. 



Kum muk. I do not know how long he has been at the station, 

 but he probably was appointed an api)reutice at the time when Mr. 

 W. T. Lopp assumed charge. He had been sent here from the mission 

 station in Cape Pi ince of Wales, and would have gone back to the same 

 station together with the other apprentices last fall, when Mr. Lo])p 

 appointed him to remain here through the winter in order that he might 

 have an opportunity to see how the Lapps take care of the reindeer. 

 He is married and has two children. He is reliable and gives entire 

 satisfaction in every respect. He is as well qualified as anj^one fouiul 

 among the Eskimos. With the reindeer he has already acquired, he 

 will be sent back to the mission station to continue his life as a herder 

 there, his two-year term as an apprentice having expired. 



Sekeog look, from Synok. In 1893-1)4, he worked as an apprentice 

 by the month, bnt this system of keeping ajjprentices was not in cor- 

 respondence witli the purpose of the school for herders here, and, desir- 

 ing the change himself, he was, last fall, accepted as an apprentice on 

 the usual terms; that is to say, he was to leceive reindeer as his com- 

 pensation. He is about 20 years of age, and is one of the few boys who 

 are found to be reliable and satisfactory. He has excellent qualifications 

 for becoming a herder, but takes very little interest in driving, taming, 

 etc. The chief thing is to be a reliable and competent herder, and this 

 he will certainly become. He is industrious, willing, always obedient, 

 and executes every order promptly. 



Oo kwood let, from Port Clarence. When we arrived he was a boy 

 scarcely 14 years old and in poor health. On the 11th of October, hav- 



