100 INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



August 4, 1894. — South wiud. jSTotliing lauded in the morning. The 

 dugout is repaired ; the Lapps move it. One Lapp returns late in the 

 evening and rei)orts his comi)anion sick and left about 7 miles from the 

 station. Mr. Kjellmann, with two Lapps and six Eskimos, started out 

 to find him ; they missed him, but the other Lapps had also gone out, 

 finding him a little northwest from where the others crossed the hills. 



August 5, 1894. — Clear and calm. Lumber landed. Norwegian serv- 

 ice for the Lapps and service for the Eskimos in the afternoon. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Gamble remained at the station over night. 



August (3, 1894. — Northeast wind. The Meyer had discharged her 

 cargo for Port Clarence and Cape Prince of Wales, and commenced to 

 take in a supply of water before leaving. The Gambles remained at 

 the station all day and night. The Lapps drove the deer into a pen to 

 milk them, and obtain about 6 quarts of milk. 



August 7, 1894. — South wind and clear. One Lapp and two Eskimos 

 herding; the rest are employed binding nets and laying up wood for 

 winter. Mr. Lopp is ready to go, but the heavy surf keeps him. The 

 Gambles remain at the station. 



August 8, 1894. — Calm, fine day. The whaler Fearless was sighted 

 near land through the fog, and when the fog lifted she anchored near 

 the Meyer. Brevig and Gamble boarded the Fearless and took dinner 

 with Captain Simonson. In the afternoon Captain Holland and Cap- 

 tain Simonson of the Fearless came ashore and visited station and herd. 

 The Gambles went on b()ard the Meyer in the evening. The herd was 

 driven into the pen and 83 female deer, 4 sled deer, 5 steers, and 8 bucks 

 were selected and marked as the Cape Prince of Wales herd, the mark 

 being a round hole in the right ear. Two deer were marked in a dif- 

 ferent manner for each of the herders. 



August 9, 1894. — South wind. The Meyer and Fearless are still at 

 anchor; the heavy surf still delays Lop]>. The east end of the house is 

 under repair. About 18 of the Cape Prince of Wales herd came back 

 and were met with 8 from this herd, 4 miles east of the station. Our 

 deer had their calves in the cape herd and could not be separated. 



August 10, 1894. — South wind, with heavy surf. The Meyer and 

 Fearless left for the Arctic at 4 i). m. The Gambles were lauded here 

 and will stay till the Bear comes and takes them to St. Lawrence Island. 

 The La|)ps, with Grubin and four herders, left at 6 p. m. The other 

 herders left yesterday in a whaleboat. The Gambles occupy Mr. Gru- 

 bin's bedroom, and Brevigs move into their bedroom, partitioned off 

 from the sitting room. One deer runs away from our herd and joins 

 the cape herd. 



August 11, 1894. — Calm, clear, and a beautiful day. The east end of 

 the herders' room was fixed up as a kitchen and storeroom for Brevig, 

 and the west end as a i)rivate storeroom for Kjellmann. The herders 

 not with the herd are making gill nets and tents. Traded some salmon. 



August 12, 1894. — Calm, clear, fine day. Service in Norwegian for 



