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Swedish Legation, 



Washington, I). C, April 6, 1894. 



United States Consul, 



Bergen, Norway: 



Tell Lapps that Jackson is so high a Government official that his guarantee ia 



identical with that of Government. 



J. A. W. Gripp, 



Envoy Extraordi n a ry. 



Bureau of Education, 



Washington, D. C, April 9, 1894. 



United States Consul, 



Bergen, Norway: 



Cable how many Lapps Kjellmann has secured. 



W. T. Harris, 



Commissioner of Education. 



Consulate, Bergen, Norway, April 10, 1894. 

 Education Commissioner Harris: 



Five families. CONSUL. 



Hammerfest, Norway, March 30, 1894. 



Dear Sir : Dr. Sheldon Jackson's letter of February 24 came to hand a few days 

 ago, and, as I think that by this time Dr. Jackson must be on his way to Alaska, I 

 write to you. 



I have just returned from the mountains and have been lucky enough to procure 

 five families and one single man for the Lapp colony, but it was a terrible job to get 

 them. I was working at them for ten days before I could get the first one. The 

 Lapps were very much afraid of the Eskimo; they thought that the Eskimo would 

 kill them; they were afraid of the hard winter in Alaska, and they were also afraid 

 that the Government would not treat them rightly. At last I got them to sign a 

 contract for three years if they could get auy guarantee for their salary; therefore I 

 telegraphed to Dr. Jackson. The Lapps agreed to meet at this seaport on April 13; 

 they could not be ready before. It will give me a very short time at home in Madison, 

 but I could not do better. 



I shall need some money on landing in New York, because I had to pay the Lapps 

 one month's wages in advance. By next mail I shall let you know how much money 

 I need, and also send a list of the colony. 

 Respectfully, yours, 



W. A. Kjellmann. 



Winter is terribly hard up here. Snowstorms every day. The snowdrifts are 25 

 feet deep. 



Mr. William Hamilton, 



Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. 



Talyik, Norway,- April 2, 1894. 



Dear Sir: Your favor of February 28 is received to-day, from which I see that 



the Roman Catholics waut one family. I do not think that I can get any family, 



because there is only one Roman Catholic boy among the Lapps. Ho is about 16 



years old. To-night I shall go back to Alten and try to hire him. 



Very respectfully, 



J L W. A. Kjellmann. 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 



Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. 



