'24 INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



from uo, 1 further arranged with J. 8. Kimball Company, San Fran- 

 cisco, to ])urchase, in behalf of the Government, all the female rein- 

 deer they would deliver on the coast of Alaska during the season. 

 Through the combined etiorts of the three vessels we secured during 

 the season 82i{ i^ii^m'. This left 485 head of reindeer to fully settle 

 ^'ij\ tk^ obhgUtiohs'oi the Tirovernment to the American Missionary 

 AsstK'iation and to Aiitisarlook, and these 485 reindeer were taken 

 from the Government herd at the Eaton Station. 



/I /\ Vl U 1 . ' VM , KK'^HNUri-CUTTEll SERVICE. 



As in former years, so in tbji.s, the Treasury L)e[)artment, through its 

 jAin'iiS'pii of the Revei>u^-Cutter Service, has rendered hearty coopera- 

 tion and valua))le as.>liistance ; indeed, it would have been practically 

 impossible for me, without the transportation of a revenue cutter, to 

 ha\e visited the coast of Kamchatka, whereby I secured valuable infor- 

 mation with reference to the supplies of reindeer from that section of 

 Siberia; also without their assistance it would have been impossible to 

 procure and transport the large number of reindeer that were obtained 

 during the season. 



The instructioii.s to the counuanders of the cutters of Capt. C F. 

 Shoemaker, R. C. S., Chief of the Revenue-Cutter Service, expressed 

 his special interest in the successful securing of a large number of rein- 

 deer. The same interest was also manifested l)y Lieut. D. H. fJarvis, 

 R. C. S. . connnanding the Beai\ and Lieut. A. Buhner, R. C. S. , com- 

 manding the Thetii<^ together with their officers and men in the 

 execution of the abov^e instructions. The carrying out of the details 

 of procuring, loading, and landing the reindeer was made the special 

 duty of Lieut. E. P. Bertholf, R. C. S., on the Bedr and of Lieut. 

 H. G. Handet, R. C. S., on the Thetis. I was also indebted for 

 valuable assistance to Capt. W. C. Coulson. R. C. S., commanding 

 the cutter McCnUocli^ and Capt. W. F. Kilgore, R. C. S., connnand- 

 ing the cutter Perry. 



ITINEKAKV. 



Under your instructions 1 left AVashington on A])ril 25, 181)9, 

 spending the following Sabbath at Salt Lake and arriving at San 

 Francisco the 2d day of ^Slay. 



The revcimc steamer Thetis^ upon which 1 was expecting to journey, 

 was under instructions to sail on the 2d of May. In getting up steam 

 it was found that the boiler tubes leaked badly. Capt. C. L. Hooper, 

 R. C. S., in charge of the repairs of the revenue cutters, immediately 

 telegraphed the Treasury Department for permission to put in a new 

 set of boiler tubes, which was granted. As this would detain the Thetis 

 for a month and would prevent my visiting the coast of Kamchatka 



