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of tlie station on Grantley Harbor was the location of the headquarters, 

 for this region, of the Russo-American Telegraph Expedition of 1865 

 and 1867. 



On the bluff above the beach, at the place selected for the reindeer 

 station, stood a log of driftwood upon which had been placed an empty- 

 barrel to indicate the location of a watering station. To the top of this 

 post we hoisted the United States flag. 



A few days after taking possession, the lumber and building materials 

 for the station having been landed, Capt. Healy very kindly sent his 

 carpenters and a portion of his crew on shore and erected a good, 

 substantial frame house, 20 by 60 feet in size. The supply of lumber, 

 however, gave out before it was fully completed, so that it was not as 

 comfortable for an Arctic winter as was intended. Before the com- 

 pletion of the frame building, Mr. Bruce, the superintendent, had con- 

 structed a "dugout" for himself and assistant and another for the 

 Siberian herders. These " dugouts" were occupied during the severity 

 of the winter weather. During the summer of 1893 additional lumber 

 and material were sent to the station, and Capt. Healy again kindly 

 sent his carpenters and sailors on shore to do the needed work of 

 placing the main station building in complete order for comfortable 

 use. The whole house has double sides and double floor, with tarred 

 paper between. A large "lean-to" was erected in the rear of the house 

 for the use of the herders. 



PERSONNEL. 



At the opening of the reindeer station in 1892, Mr. Miner W. Bruce, 

 of Nebraska, was appointed superintendent, and Mr. Bruce Gibson, of 

 California, assistant superintendent. During the season, four Siberians 

 were secured and brought over by Capt. Healy, as the principal 

 herders. With these were placed several Eskimo men, who were to 

 learn the trade of herding reindeer. Upon the 30th of June, 1893, the 

 incumbency of Messrs. Bruce and Gibson having terminated, Mr. W. 

 T. Lopp, of the American Missionary Association station, at Cape Prince 

 of Wales, was appointed superintendent of the reindeer station. As 

 he could not immediately remove from the mission station to the rein- 

 deer station, Capt. Healy very considerately at my request detailed 

 Lieut. C. M. White, U. S. Eevenue Marine, as acting superintendent, 

 until Mr. Lopp could take charge. Being unable to secure an assistant 

 from the States, Mr. John Grubin, quartermaster on the U. S. steamer 

 I?ear was allowed his discharge papers and made assistant superin- 

 tendent of the station. The four Siberian herders during the summer 

 were returned to their homes, and one of them, after a visit, returned 

 for a second year. With him we secured three others who came over 

 for the first time. Last fall nine Eskimo apprentices entered upon a 

 course of instruction. 



Owing to the murder of Mr. Harrison K. Thornton, missionary at 



