DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



75 



Death of fawns calved April, May, and June, 1S94, reindeer station, Port Clarence, Alaslca. 



Cause of death. 



Stillborn 



Desertion 



frozen 



Do 



Do 



Killed by a cow 



Killed by cows • 



Frozen 



Do 



Shepherd dog, Jack 



Frozen 



Do 



Stillborn 



Do 



Do : 



Frozen 



Stillborn 



Frozen (yearling's calf) 



Stillborn 



Desertion 



Do 



Do 



Shepherd dog, Jack 



Killed by cow 



Motherless; killed by order of Siberians 



Shepherd dog, J ack 



Legs broken in pen 



Num- 

 ber. 



Date. 



Apr. 12 

 Apr. 15 

 Apr. 19 

 Apr. 20 

 Apr. 22 



Do. 

 Apr. 23 



Do. 

 Apr. 24 

 Apr. 25 

 Apr. 26 

 Apr. 27 

 Apr. 28 

 Apr. 30 

 May 1 



Do. 

 May 5 

 May 6 

 Mav 17 



Do. 

 May 20 

 May 22 

 May 27 

 June 1 

 June 12 

 June 22 

 June 30 



KECAP1TULATION. 



Stillborn 6 



Frozen 1° 



Desertion 8 



Killed by cows 4 



Killed by Jack 3 



Legs broken 2 



Motherless 1 



40 



Grand total 



Number of fawns living, 145 (about). 



Temperature in April. 



Mean -. 



Maximum 



Minimum 



4-2 

 + 20 

 —10 



1893. 1892. 



+21 

 +42 

 — 6 



+27 

 +42 

 — 2 



DRIFT WOOD. 



As an experiment, we chose to burn driftwood this winter. For 

 fuel and building purposes, we have used 2 oorneak loads, 2 whole 

 boat loads, 6 scow loads, 64 dog-sled loads, and 126 deer-sled loads. In 

 future years it will be more economical and philanthropical for the sta- 

 tion every summer to pay needy Eskimos $100 worth of flour, cloth, 

 and ammunition for bringing drift wood to us in their canoes, than to 

 pay Arctic prices for coal. There is an abundance of driftwood 6 or 8 

 miles from the station. 



TRADE. 



We have found it necessary to purchase large quantities of seal skins, 

 boots, deerskins, thongs, deer thread, dried fish, walrus oil, etc., to sup- 

 ply the wants of our herders. For all tbese, the natives were glad to 



