6 CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Report of roimieor at Toint Hope, by Lieut. D. H. Jarvis, R. C. S Ill 



Letter of Dr. Sheldon Jackson to Lieut. D. II. Jarvis concerning the reindeer 

 at Point Barrow 112 



Letter of Lieut. D. II. Jarvis, R. C. S., appointing WilUani Marshall in charge 

 of herd, Point Barrow 113 



Letter of Lieut. D. H. Jarvis, R. C. S., directing William Marshall to deliver 

 herd to W. T. Lopp 114 



Report of Lieut. D. H. Jarvis, R. G. S., on reindeer at Port Barrow and at 

 Point Hope 112 



Report of reindeer herd at Golovin Bay, by P. H. Anderson 115 



Receipt of N. V. Hendritrks for reindeer and supplies 116 



Letter of Connnissioner AV. T. Harris to Dr. Sheldon Jackson concerning pay- 

 ment of bill for supplies furnislied overland expedition 116 



Letter of Commissioner W. T. Harris to the Secretary of the Interior concern- 

 ing the same 117 



Reply of Dr. Sheldon Jackson to Commissioner W. T. Harris concerning the 

 same 118 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson appointed special agent of the War Department for the 

 payment of the Lapps 119 



Letter of introduction from tlie Russian ambassador to the authorities in 



Siberia 120 



Letter of Commissioner W. T. Harris to the Secretary of the Interior, reccjm- 

 mending an increase of reindeer appropriation from $12,500 to $25,00(^ 121 



Appropriation of Congress for the same 123 



The Commissioner of Education requests transportation fur Dr. Sheldon Jack- 

 son on revenue cutters 123 



Commissioner W. T. Harris recommends that the Secretary of the Interior ask 

 for an appropriation to lit out a vessel for procuring reindeer 120 



Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Committee on Approi)riations in 



behalf of the same 127 



Recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury for the same 1 28 



Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of the Navy asking the 

 use of the U. S. S. Thetig for the same 128 



Apprf>priation of Congress for fitting out the U. S. S. Thetis 130 



The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury telegraphs Dr. Sheldon Jackson con- 

 cerning reindeer l)arter goods 131 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson autlKjrizes S. Foster & Co. to furnish barter goods to the 

 U. S. S. Thdis 131 



Letter of Dr. Sheldon Jackson to Lieut. A. Buhner, R. C. S., with reference to 

 the same. 131 



List of officers, United States Revenue Cutter Bear, 1899 132 



List of ollicers. United States Revenue Cutter McCulloch, im) i:!2 



List of officers. United States Revenue Cutter Peiri/, 1899 133 



List of officers, Uniteil States Revenue Cutter Thetis, 1899 133 



Telegram of O. L. Spaulding, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, to Dr. Sheldon 

 Jackson informing him that the 7>((/;' will take him to Kamchatka 133 



Telegram of Commissioner W. T. Harris to Dr. Sheldon Jackson concerning 

 the same 133 



Letter of William A. Kjellmann to Dr. Sheldon Jackson concerning the return 



of reindeer borrowed by the (iovernment 133 



Receipt of W. T. Lopp for payment in full of reindeer borrowed from the 

 American Missionary Association 134 



Report of Firet Lieut. A. Buhner, R. C. S., concerning the jiurchase of reindeer 

 in Siberia 134 



