INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC EEINDEER INTO ALASKA. Ill 



dog sled with ouly nine biscuits between tliem. The dogs ate two dog 

 harnesses and a seal skin last night. 2ero all day. 



November 29, 1894. — Strong northeast wind. The bay clear of ice. 

 The ice boat anchored outside had disappeared. Kummuk and Wock- 

 sock returned in the evening, having traveled all round the bay. l^o 

 school, but nearly the whole day was spent in visiting sick people in 

 the village. Time commences to drag heavily. Thermometer, +18° to 

 +260. 



November 30, 1891. — Calm and cloudy, with snow in the evening. A 

 sled arrived from Golovin Bay with letters for Kjellmann and Lopp. 

 Thermometer, +10° to +15^. 



December 1, 1894. — Light east wind, cloudy and snowing, +14° to 

 +22°. 



December 2, 1894.— North wind, colder, +12° to +2°. The usual 

 Sunday service and school. About noon the strong wind broke the ice, 

 and some women out fishing were carried along out toward the sea. 

 Mr. Kjellmann with a crew in the lifeboat rescued them. 



December 3, 1894. — Northwest "sailor's breeze," with damp, pene- 

 trating wind. Evening school i^oorly attended; -|-4olo +10°. 



December 4, 1894. — Northwest wind, cold and blustering, —6° to 

 —10°. The moss party returned. 



December 5, 1894. — Strong northwest wind, cloudy, —8° to —12° 

 Mrs. Kjellmann sick. 



December G, 1894.— Clear, calm, cold, —9° to —18°. Mrs. Kjellmann 

 better. Karl Brevig sick with fever. 



December 7, 1894.— Cold, calm, clear, —18° to -22°. 

 December 8, 1894.— Calm, clear, cold, -16° to —23°. Mr. Kjellmann 

 put uj) another stovepipe. 



December 9, 1894.— Clear, calm, cold, —14° to —20°. The usual Sun- 

 day service and school. The leading shaman had a ccmfab with the 

 spirits to-night. He had four fires burning in a scpiare and rei^osed 

 himself in the middle, groaning and sighing. Four new doctors were 

 with him guarding the fires; Charley was one of them. Thorwald 

 Kjellmann went out there to see the show, and the guards vanished, 

 and he, thinking it was a sick man left there to die, spoke to him, but 

 received no answer. The Lapps were cautioned by Mary not to look 

 toward the fire. 



December 10, 1894.— Calm and bright, —14° to +20°. Charley and 

 Mary inspected Thorwald Kjellmann's feet and as'ked if they were not 

 stiff or swollen, because he had sj)okeu to the shaman. 



December 11, 1894. — At 1 a. m. three sleds arrived from Cape 

 Prince of Wales with letters from Mr. Lopp. No pupils from the vil- 

 lage, as a dance was in progress all day; —14° to —22°. The Lapps 

 returned. 

 December 12, 1894. — Light northwest breeze, clear, —14° to — 20°. 

 December 13, 1894. — Clear, calm, hazy, — 14° to — 18°. Soovawhasie 



