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CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the President of the Senate 9 



Report of Sheldon Jackson, d. t>., U. S. general agent of education in Alaska, 

 to the Commissioner of Education, on the introduction of domesticated 



reindeer into Alaska " 11 



Eeindeer station 14 



Personnel of the station in 1892 16 



The herd 17 



Experiment station 20 



Finances 21 



i.) 



APPENDIX. 



Report of Miner W. Bruce to Dr. Sheldon Jackson, U. S. general agent of 



education in Alaska 



Reindeer 29 



Affairs at the Teller reindeer station 53 



Recommendations 34 



Meteorology at Teller reindeer station, 1892 91 



1893 93 



Some of the habits and customs of the Eskimo 96 



Exhibit A — Liquor seized at Teller reindeer station 117 



B — W. T. Lopp on the reindeer herd 118 



C. — H. R. Thornton on the reindeer herd 120 



D. — John A. Dexter on reindeer herd 120 



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