108 INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



October 25, 1894. — Southeast to soutliwest wind, cloudy and gloomy. 

 The sealing' party was visited and five seals brought back as the out- 

 come of two weeks' hunt. Mathis and Peter arrived with two deer to 

 take provisions out to the camp. Thermometer, +10° to 4-22°. 



October 26, 1894. — Light northeast wind, clear and bright. The seal- 

 ing party arrived home. Jenny Kjellmann was si(;k from swollen tonsils 

 and sore throat. Thermometer, -{-lOo to +29°. No report from deer. 



October 27, 1894. — Southeast wind ; cloudy, with snow tlurries. Fred- 

 erick returned to-day, but failed to report. He had been very much 

 frightened yesterday by hearing several shots fired at a distance. 



October 28, 1894. — West breeze; cloudy, with snow flurries. The 

 usual serviceand Sunday school. Toward evening Thorwald Kjellmann 

 and I visited the village and entered several houses, and found them 

 much better than we had expected ; they were warm and had floors? 

 one bed, and bunks for beds. Thermometer, -f 8° to 4-16°. 



October 29, 1894.— Calm, clear, and cold, 0° to +2°. The sealing 

 party was hindered from going to Point Spencer by floating ice from 

 Grantley Harbor in the bay. 



October 30, 1894. — Partly overcast; calm, with snow flurries; ther- 

 mometer, —2° to -1-12°. The Eskimo herders, and especially Moses 

 and Martin, are showing themselves more and more lazy. All is well 

 at the herd. Only small open spaces on the bay. 



October 31, 1894. — Strong northeast wind during the night and fore- 

 noon, abating to -|-8° to 4-20°. The bay being clear from ice, Mathis, 

 Moses, Oowkitkoon, and Charley went sealing. Tatpan and Wocksock 

 are sick. The Lapps hauled two loads of wood with two deer and sleds, 

 one man driving both. About 3 p. m. it commenced to snow, and 1 inch 

 fell before it cleared. No evening school. 



November 1, 1894.— Calm and clear, 4-14° to 4-20°. The sealing 

 party returned walking, having left their boat. They could not reach 

 Point Spencer on account of ice. 



November 2, 1894. — Strong east wind, 0° to -f8°. The day opened 

 with a catch-as-catch-can.fight between Mary and Nah yuk. Charley 

 tried to mediate peace and was sent sprawling to bed by his "better 

 half," and her opponent sent sprawling to the floor headforemost. All 

 is well with the herd. Wocksock is worse and the Lapps have tried 

 bloodletting, and in the evening a woman from the town tried her 

 bewitching ceremonies on him. He was worse from lying naked on the 

 floor, exposed to a draft. I took my medicines home. The bay is cov- 

 ered with ice. 



November 3, 1894.— Light east wind, +8° to -|-28°; clear. The ice 

 boat was rigged uj) today. P^lectoona and Taootuk came in with a deer 

 and sled each. Samuel drove an untamed deer. Two i^arties from the 

 lakes reported the ice safe on the river. 



November 4, 1894. — Light wind from the east, clear and nice. The 

 usual Sunday service, with a very scant attendance by Lapps and 



