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prefer to be on the night watch. They have been faithful in the rough- 

 est and most disagreeable weather which we have had. On one occa- 

 sion, last December, the night watch which went out to relieve the day 

 watch was unable to find them and the herd on account of a blinding 

 snowstorm or blizzard. Wandering about until tired, they lay down 

 and slept until morning, when, the storm having abated, they found the 

 herd and relieved its faithful herders from their long and disagreeable 

 watch. The boys were Soo va wha sie, from Cape Nome, and Oo ten na, 

 from Cape Prince of Wales. They seemed very proud when we praised 

 them for staying with the herd so long and presented them with half 

 a pound of powder each. 



At another time when the relief watch was unable to find them on 

 account of the blinding snow, Kiyeazruk remained with the herd while 

 his fellow herder, Sokweana, came to the house for some food to carry 

 back to him and his companion on their twenty-four-hour watch. 



During summer, fall, and early winter when the herd was kept within 

 3 miles of the station, two herders stood day watch and three night 

 watch. From January 6, while living in a deerskin tent at Cape Reily, 

 9 miles south, one stood day watch and two night watch. Since April 1 

 two have stood both day and night watches. 



During the mouths of November and December the Siberians devoted 

 almost all their time to breaking deer, each of them herding only once 



a week. 



Our herders took much more interest and made much more progress 

 when the herd was away from the station. While camping at Cape 

 Eeily seventy-six trips were made to the station with deer sleds, thus 

 giving our apprentices much needed practice driving. 

 * From May 21 to June 22 we kept the herd about 15 miles north- 

 west of the stations, our herders living in two canvas tents. 



Merit roll of apprentices. 



Moses • 



Martin 



Tat pan 



Oo wkit koon . 

 Soo va wha sie 

 An te si look . 

 Se keog look . . 



Kuin nmk 



Oo kwood let . 

 Taootuk 



Herding. 



Driving. 



Breaking 

 to liar- 



House 

 work. 



General 

 efficiency. 



Feeding 



91 

 92 

 89 

 90 

 88 

 95 

 90 

 88 

 85 

 95 



RATIONS ISSUED HERDERS AND APPRENTICES. 



A weekly issue to each man of 6 pounds flour, 7 pounds bread, one 

 twenty-fifth pound of tea, one-half pound of sugar, one-fourth pint of 

 molasses, H pounds of beans, three-fourths of a pound of corn meal, 

 12 pounds fish, one-eighth pound of seal meat, one block of matches, 

 all the seal oil asked for, and on holidays dried apples, berries, or salt 

 pork. 



