28 INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



to organize a school for the benefit of the cliildren in this settlement. 

 From this point it is hoped to reach with school privileges the Ket- 

 chumstocks, a tribe inhabiting the interior country near the sources 

 of Copper River. 



A short distance above Eagle the steamer passed beyond the one 

 hundred and forty-first meridian and entered British Columbia. 



At Dawson Doctor Hamilton remained two days, during which 

 time he spent many hours in the public schools of Dawson, becoming 

 acquainted with the principal and teachers, and observed the methods 

 used. 



Leaving Dawson on the steamer SelMrJc September 9, he arrived 

 at White Horse at the foot of White Horse Rapids, the limit of river 

 travel and the northern terminus of the White Pass and Yukon Rail- 

 way. From this place Doctor Hamilton reached Skagway over the 

 White Pass and Yukon Railway on September 14. 



From Skagway he proceeded to Sitka, where he repeatedly visited 

 the three public schools and consulted with the members of the local 

 school committee. 



He left Sitka on September 29, and arrived at Seattle October 4. 



Having completed his business with the firms in Seattle and San 

 Francisco who had furnislied the season's supplies for the work in 

 Arctic Alaska, Doctor Hamilton left San Francisco on October 12, 

 arriving at Washington five days later, completing a tour of inspec- 

 tion which had covered about 14,500 miles. 



COOPERATIOX OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 



I take this opportunity to express my thanks for the cooperation 

 of the honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and of Capt. Charles 

 F. Shoemaker, Chief of the Revenue-Cutter Service, in granting trans- 

 portation on the revenue cutters to the assistant agent of education 

 and to teachers for remote points on the shores of Bering Sea, inac- 

 cessible by commercial vessels. 



The cordial assistance rendered by Capt. Oscar C. Hamdet, com- 

 manding U. S. S. Thetis, and the numerous courtesies extended by 

 him and by the officers attached to that vessel to persons in the 

 employment of the Bureau of Education were especially appreciated. 



All of which, with accompanying papers, maps, and illustrations, 

 is respectfully submitted. 



Sheldon Jackson, 

 General Agent of Education in Alasl-a. 



The Commissioner of Education. 



