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readied the wharf at Juneau, where I was met by Mr. S. A. Keller aud 

 Mr. D. Davies, teachers at that place. Although it was still dark I 

 visited the native school building, which had been erected during the 

 summer. At 8 o'clock we were again under way, but stopped some 

 two hours at Douglas Island; from thence into the Sum Dum Harbor, 

 where freight was landed for the new gold mines. The forenoon of the 

 20th was spent at Wrangell with the teachers and friends at that place. 

 Early on the morning of October 21 a half-hour was given us at Jack- 

 son, which was improved in visiting the school aud mission station. 

 That afternoon we again got under way and anchored at Mr. Miller's 

 saltery at Hunters Bay. After taking aboard some salmon, we 

 crossed the bay to Suquam, reaching there about 8 p. m. The waters 

 being unsurveyed, the ship remained at anchor until daylight of 

 October 22. Then getting under way, we reached the saltery at Nut- 

 quah, where some salmon was taken on board. From thence we 

 reached the saltery at Cordova Bay that afternoon, but, no one being 

 at home to deliver the salmon, the ship turned around and went to 

 Ketchikan, where we anchored for the night. 



The next morning we were at Metlakahtla, where I went ashore and 

 had an interview with Mr. William Duncan on school and colony 

 matters. While there I met a delegation of the Tongas natives, who 

 were looking for a new location where they can unite with the Cape 

 Fox natives iu having a missionary and school. While at breakfast the 

 passengers of the steamer were serenaded by the brass band, com- 

 posed largely of former Sitka students. After breakfast the common 

 council of the village asked an audience with Mr. Duncan and myself, 

 the main questions of discussion being means for increasing mail facili- 

 ties and schools. 



At 11 a. m. the ship got under way and went up a fiord to the Cape 

 Fox saltery; taking on the salmon the ship returned to the custom- 

 house at Mary Island, where the "inspector-afloat" went ashore, and the 

 ship at last got under way for Puget Sound, which we reached on the 

 evening of the 20th. Taking the train for San Francisco, and spending 

 a day in settling up the accounts of the season with San Francisco 

 merchants, 1 took the overland train for Washington, D. C, where I 

 arrived on November 6, having completed a trip of over 23,029 miles. 



The hearty thanks of the Bureau of Education, and of myself per- 

 sonally, are extended to the honorable Secretary of the Treasury, to 

 Capt. L. G. Shepard, Chief of the Eevenue Cutter Division, and to 

 Capt, M. A. Healy, commanding the U. S. revenue cutter Bear; also 

 to the officers and men of the same, for the facilities extended to me 

 and my work during this long voyage. 



Thanking you for the support and cooperation of the Bureau, which 



you have so constantly aud uniformly extended, 1 remain, 



Respectfully, yours, 



Sheldon Jackson, 



United /States General Agent. 



