INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



Department of the Interior, 

 Bureau of Education, Alaska Division, 



Washington, JD. C, December 31, 1894. 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my fourth annual report 

 of " The introduction of domestic reindeer into Alaska." The year of 

 1894 has been one of gratifying progress and success. 



STATION. 



Upon the arrival of Mr. W. Thomas Lopp, July, 1893, to take the 

 superintendency of the Teller Reindeer Station, Capt. M. A. Healy, of 

 the United States revenue cutter Bear, very considerately sent ashore 

 his carpenter aud two sailors to repair the house and make it habitable 

 for a family. During the erection of the house in 1892 the supply of 

 lumber had given out, and the completion of the building had to be 

 postponed. Now, the barn-like structure was finished up and divided 

 into six comfortable rooms. At the rear of the building, across its 

 entire length, a "lean-to' 1 12 by 60 feet was erected, furnishing com- 

 fortable quarters for the apprentices. 



During the fall the Eskimo apprentices, under the direction of Mr. 

 Lopp, erected a small frame storehouse for the supplies, and two com- 

 fortable log houses 12 by 15 feet for the use of the married herders. 

 These houses were plastered with cement and clay, sheathed with the 

 odds and ends of boxes broken up for the purpose, and stuffed with mo> s 

 between the sheaths and logs. As these are the first log houses north 

 of Norton Sound, they have attracted much attention from the Eskimo. 

 A scow for carrying wood and a small boat for fishing were also made. 



In the fall of 1894, to accommodate the party at the station, increased 

 by the arrival of the Lapps, a log residence 16 by 35 feet was put up. 

 A log building was also erected at the east end of Grantly Harbor for 

 the use of the herders in the winter, that section having been selected 

 for the next pasturage of the herd. These log buildings are built from 

 the driftwood found strewed along the ocean beach in the neighborhood. 



PERSONNEL. 



Mr. W. T. Lopp, of Indiana, was in charge as superintendent from 

 July, 1893, to August, 1894. Desiring to reopen at Cape Prince of 

 Wales the Congregational mission which had been closed by the mur- 



