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der of the missionary, Mr. Harry R. Thornton, August 19, 1893, Mr. 

 Lopp asked to be relieved from the charge of the station at the end of 

 the fiscal year. His request was granted, and Mr. William A. Kjell- 

 niann, of Madison, Wis., was appointed in his place. Mr. Kjellinann 

 arrived on the whaling brig W. H. Myers, July 29, 1891, and at once 

 took possession. In July, 1893, upon the removal of Mr. Bruce Gibson 

 as assistant superintendent, there being no opportunity of securing a 

 suitable successor, Captain Healy, of the cutter Bear, discharged Mr. 

 John Grubin, quartermaster, in order that he might be appointed 

 assistant superintendent. In August, 1891, Mr. Grubin was succeeded 

 by Rev. T. L. Brevig, a Norwegian pastor from IS tough ton, Wis. Mr. 

 Brevig was born in Norway in 1857, but accompanied his parents to 

 America when he was 10 years old, and settled in Iowa. His training 

 as a teacher was secured in a four years' course at Decorah, Iowa, and 

 he received a State certificate as teacher of public schools in both the 

 English and Norwegian languages. In 1888, feeling impelled to enter 

 the ministry, he took a three years' course at the Lutheran Theological 

 School at Minneapolis, Minn., at the close of which he was ordained a 

 minister of the Norwegian synod. 



Mr. Brevig is expected not only to assist in the administration of 

 the station, but also to have charge of the school at the station. For 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, the school was taught by Mis. 

 Eleanor Kittredge Lopp, with an attendance of 69 pupils. 



HERDERS. 



During the winter of 1893-94 Mr. Lopp had the assistance of three 

 Siberian herders, Anker and Dantin, from the South Cape of St. Law- 

 rence Bay, and Nootadl goot, from near Cape Serdze Kamen. While 

 their help was essential, and could not have been safely dispensed 

 with, they were far from satisfactory. They proved so passionate, 

 obstinate, jealous, and conceited at times that Mr. Lopp wished them 

 back in Siberia. Anker, especially, became so insubordinate that in 

 February he was discharged. Upon one occasion, becoming angry 

 because a tired deer lay down in his harness and refused to rise, Anker 

 jumped upon his head and stamped him to death. During the season 

 several of the sled deer were killed by the cruel treatment of the 

 Siberian drivers. It has also since been ascertained that they were 

 accustomed to kill and eat deer from the herd on the sly when out 

 herding. 



The Siberian herders were employed at the beginuing of the enter- 

 prise, not because they were considered the best, but because they were 

 near by and were the only ones that could be had at the time. It was 

 realized from the first that if the Alaskan Eskimo were to be taught 

 the management and care of the reindeer, it was important that they 

 should have the benefit of the most intelligent instructors and of the 

 most improved methods that were in use. By universal consent it is 



