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cover we made haste with two boat crews to move the reindeer camp 

 house to a better place, where it would be nearer to moss. This was a 

 hard, tedious piece of work. The house was torn down in a light 

 rain, the lumber loaded on two boats, which had to be j)ortaged from 

 the sea to a lake, then towed along the lake beach for 2 miles and dis- 

 embarked. Eveiything was then carried on the backs of our people 

 over the spur of a hill about 1 mile to the shore of Nan nook Lagoon, 

 where it was again put in boats and taken about 2 miles from the sea to 

 a good location. Nan nook Lagoon is navigable for large ships, but 

 the entrance is so shallow, only whale boats can get in. The house 

 was reerected, the walls packed with deer moss, the roof allowed air 

 space with an outside covering of 4-inch flooring and a good coat of 

 paint. A shed was also built over the doors and bunks put in both 

 the boys' room and the Lapps'. By the time this was done the rough 

 fall weather had come and the sea was so stormy we could not 

 launch a boat. 



We made a trip to the summer camp of the herders, gave them a 

 list of deer to be marked for each apprentice, and killed a deer for 

 meat, as our food supply was getting short. At last we dismissed 

 most of the boys and let them walk home, w4th instructions to return 

 for us when the weather moderated. But the weather did not mode- 

 rate and at last we had to walk home and leave the boats and most of 

 the camp outfit. Fortunately my dogs had become lonesome and 

 came to hunt us up, so we cut up some canoes, improvised harness, 

 borrowed a deer sled and "mushed" 17 miles over lakes, rivers, 

 swamps, and mountains to Gambell. Besides Mrs. Campbell and our 

 two small Eskimo boys, were two Eskimo women and another little 

 boy to whom the trip was anything but plaj^, though all stood it well. 



Two weeks later Mr. Richards took a crew and put up a small 

 winter cabin on the shores of another lagoon, to give room for a change 

 of the herd. There should be more of these houses at different places 

 over the island. 



The beach house was repaired where some robbers had broken the 

 door during Air. Egan's absence two years ago, and the floor braced 

 up to allow coal to be placed in the shed. The entire house is nothing 

 but a shell and will not answer for either dwelling or storehouse. We 

 think it could best be utilized hj removal to the village, placing it on 

 a proper foundation for use as an assistant's residence. 



With the use of a few large timbers, the entire building could be 

 moved intact, by means of large blocks and tackles now in possession 

 of the people. 



We have spoken of the need of winter quarters for the herders, who 

 have no means of securing them themselves and could not be blamed 

 if they deserted their herds and came in to the warm houses of their 



