68 REPORT ON INTRODUCTION OP 



ANNUAL REPORT OF TELLER REINDEER STATION. 



By W. T. Lopp, Superintendent. 



Teller Beindeer Station, 



Port Clarence, Alaska, July 2, 1894. 



DE4.R Sir: It gives ns great pleasure to be able to report that the 

 United States reindeer herd lias lived, thrived, and multiplied this sec- 

 ond winter, thus proving beyond doubt that the philanthropic measures 

 which you, through the Bureau of Education, have adopted for develop- 

 ing the resources of Alaska and improving the conditions of its people, 

 are no longer an experiment, so far as climate and food are concerned. 



We have been in perfect health and have enjoyed the year's work. 



After moving down from Cape Prince of Wales, July 10, 1893, the 

 remaining six weeks of the short Arctic summer were occupied in 

 making preparations for the coming winter. To assist us in this, Capt. 

 M. A. Healy, of the U. S. revenue cutter Bear, left his carpenter and 

 two men on shore until the Bear's return from the north, August 20. 

 With their aid the station house was finished inside, converting the 

 barn-like structure into six comfortable rooms. A shed addition was 

 built on the north side of the house, which we have used for herder's 

 quarters and a storeroom. A scow for boating driftwood and a small 

 dingey for fishing were also built. 



Under my directions the Eskimo apprentices built two comfortable 

 log houses, plastered them with mortar made of cement and clay, and 

 sheathed them inside with odds and ends of lumber. Moss was 

 packed between the sheathing arrd lumber, making the houses very 

 warm and comfortable. These are the only log houses on the coast 

 north of Norton Sound. They have been admired by so many natives 

 from other settlements during the winter that doubtless some of them 

 may try to build houses like them. We also built a large storehouse 

 of rough lumber in which to keep supplies, so as to be safe in case of 

 fire. 



THE HERD. 



There was so much necessary work about the station that we were 

 prevented from giving much time or attention to the deer during the 

 summer months. However, we tried enough experiments to arouse the 

 jealousy of our Siberian herders. Contrary to their wishes, we used 



