118 REPORT ON THE INTRODUCTION OP 



There is evidently a system of whisky traffic among these natives after the depar- 

 ture of the Bear, and it is the cause of all the trouble among them. Only last week 

 Mr. Lopp sent word that one of the Cape Prince of Wales natives had just been killed 

 by another in a drunken brawl, and there are three or four murderers running around 

 who have killed their men. The entire freedom of these men from punishment seems 

 to make them conspicuous examples for others to follow, and it seems to me that 

 steps ought to be taken at once to show these people that such conduct will not be 

 tolerated. 



I believe if Capt. Healy would take a few of these people to Sitka next season and 

 have them punished as they deserve it would prove a wholesome lesson. Nothing 

 would be worse punishment to them than to be confined to jail at Sitka or sent to 

 prison for a term of years, and I believe the authorities at Washington can be 

 induced to take steps looking to this end. 



It seems to me that, in view of the reindeer project and the objects sought to be 

 attained by the establishment, of this herd, the natives should be made early to 

 understand that any infraction of the peace, or interference with the herd or 

 employ6s, will be severely dealt with. If the Government does not take the matter 

 in hand the whites will have to do so for themselves sooner or later. 



I presume the marshal of Alaska could appoint a deputy at this place who would 

 be authorized to make arrests, but without being so directed by tbe authorities at 

 Washington it is doubtful if compensation would be allowed. If nothing better 

 could be arranged, I suppose the deputy marshal at Uualaska could be ordered to 

 proceed here and make the arrests. 



My only chance to send this letter to you this year is to send it to Cape Prince of 

 Wales and ask the teachers there to send it out to some passing whaling vessel bound 

 south. 



Will send a copy of this letter to Capt. Healy. 



Will it be a good idea for you to communicate with Marshal Porter at Sitka and 

 ascertain his views on the subject? 



Will add that we have the testimony of two witnesses as to the manner and quan- 

 tity of whisky obtained by "The Thug," and testimony that he paid for it in calico; 

 also witnesses can be had of his killing the native last winter. 

 I have the honor to be, very respectfully, 



Miner W. Bruce, 

 Teacher and Superintendent. 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 



United States General Agent of Education in Alaska. 



Exhibit B. 



W. T. LOPP ON THE REINDEER HERD. 



Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, May IS, 1S9S. 



Kind Sir : Thanks for yours of the 1st instant. I am glad to have an opportunity 

 to express myself on the reindeer question. 



After three years' study of the habits and peculiarities of the Eskimo on this 

 coast, I feelsafe in saying that I think it both practicable and possible, if proper 

 allowances be made at first, to make herders of a sufficient number of our Eskimo 

 hunters and fishers to care for all the deer that may be brought across the Straits. 



As to food, the natives all along the coast are at the mercy of the winds, and for 

 deerskin clothing they are dependent upon exacting "oo mal-git " (traders) of this 

 place and the Diomedes Islands, who monopolize the Siberian deerskins traffic. 

 Their dependent condition leads me to think that mission herding and training 



