INTRoDr^rTrON of DOMKSTIO reindeer into ALASKA, • 53 



from Capt. AV. F. Kilgorc, cominandin<2; the U. S. S. Rush, and from 

 the officers attached to tliose vessels. 



T have the honor to be, yqyj respectfully, 



WiLLLVM IL\MILTOX, 



Assistant Agent of Education in Alasl'a. 

 Hon. W. T. Harris, 



Commissioner of Education. 

 (Through Sheldon Jackson, general agent of education in Alaska.) 



ANNIL\X REPORT, NULATO REINDEER STATION. 



NiiLATO, Alaska, October 7, 1904- 

 Dear Sir: Inclosed please find the annual report of the Nulato 

 reindeer station, for the year 1903-4. I inspected the herd during 

 the latter da3's of September and found the deer in very good 

 condition. They are located at the foot of Hotel Mountain or 

 Hodo'oye, one of the higher summits of the Kayar range, about 25 

 miles southwest of Nulato. We expect to bring back the herd to its 

 former winter quarters 2 miles below Nulato, toward the end of 

 November, but the reindeer moss there availal)le will hardly last over 

 two months, so we contemplate moving them again in February to 

 some better pasture in the Kayar region. 



The herder actually in charge, Per Nilson Bals, has renewed the 

 contract for one 3'ear, under the same conditions as before, and tliree 

 copies of the agreement, which he and I signed, will be sent to Unala- 

 kleet by next mail. 



Statistical report, reindeer herd. Xnlato, lOOJf. 



Name of ownor, Mission. 



Old deer and fawns of 1903: 



Male 38 



Female 109 



Died or killed ' 12 



Fawns born, 1904: 



Male 32 



Female 34 



Died 6 



Total fawTis living 66 



Tetal deer living 213 



Apprentices, 1903-4. — ^Vlexander Kul'ana Dimoska, August 15, 



1903, to February 15, 1904, six months; March 15 to June 1, 1904, 

 two and one-lialf months. Martial Ketsegeyak, May 1 to October 1, 



1904, five months. Roger Kedelor, February- to March 15, 1904, one 

 month; June 1 to August 28, 1904, tliree months; October 1, 1904. 

 Neduruslet, April 1 to April 30, 1904, one month. 



Respectfull}', yours, 



Julius Jetti, .S". J. 

 Dr. Sheldox Jackson, 



Washington, D. C. 



