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prise, and I am glad to be able to say that they appear to feel anxious 

 to avail themselves of its benefits. 



I also take pleasure in sending a copy of a letter written by Mr. 

 Thornton at Cape Prince of Wales, giving' his view of this question, 

 which will appear in Exhibit C. 



The other person who visited the station during the period above 

 referred to was Mr. John A. Dexter, who for the past year has been in 

 charge of the works of the silver mine near Golovin Bay. He is our 

 next nearest neighbor on the south, 160 miles distant. He arrived 

 here January 19, and on account of my being in very poor health at 

 that time, ho was prevailed upon to remain a few days. The weather 

 soon became very stormy, and aside from a couple of short trips he 

 made from here, his departure was delayed until about the middle of 

 March. In the meantime he made several trips with deer, and had an 

 excellent opportunity to learn and observe much about them. I take 

 pleasure in transmitting herewith a copy of a letter written by Mr. 

 Dexter, giving the result of his observations upon the deer question, 

 marked Exhibit U. 



( hi the first of March last, I made a trip to Cape Prince of Wales, of 

 which extended notice has been made elsewhere. I am glad to be able 

 to state that the opposition supposed to exist among some of the lead- 

 ing men of that village to the introduction of deer on this side, for the 

 reason that it would interfere with their traffic in skins, has ceased, 

 and they appear now to be anxious for its success. 



I will observe here that from the early establishment of the station 

 no pains were spared to make the natives feel that the enterprise was 

 one designed for their special benefit, and that it was an institution 

 they should support. 



Whenever visiting natives arrived, they were made to feel as much 

 at home as the means at our disposal would allow. They were usually 

 given a biscuit or two and some tea on their arrival, and some time 

 during their stay they were shown the deer, and the object expected to 

 be accomplished was explained to them. In many ways they showed 

 that they realized the importance of the undertaking, and were led to 

 a warm advocacy of the project. 



There are seven different tribes or settlements within a radius of 100 

 miles of the station, numbering about 1,000 persons, all told, and 

 divided as follows, the first four named lying west of the Station, the 

 others east: 



Sinarmetes 100 



Poolezariuetcs 45 



Tarpkarzomotes 35 



Kinarmetes 530 



Noongmctes GO 



Synargpmetes 30 



Kyazerinetcs 200 



Total 1,000 



