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ant Taylor W, Ross. Anchored for the night at Killisnoo. Went 

 ashore. 



September 34: Started at daylight for .Tuneau. Anchored at 5 p. m. 

 After dinner went ashore and addressed the congregation at the First 

 Presbyterian Church on Alaskan schools and missions. 



September 25: Mr. Kelly and I visited the public schools at Doug- 

 las Island. 



September 27: Steamed from Juneau at daylight; reached Wrangell 

 about 10 p. m. ; went ashore and called on Miss Green, the teacher; 

 Governor Brady, Mr. Kelly, and I also called on Rev. H. P. Corser, 

 the Presbyterian minister. 



September 28: At midnight started south, calling at Ketchikan and 

 Saxman and reaching Metlakahtla at 2 p. m. Went ashore and looked 

 over the place. In the evening met the leading men in conference. 



September 29: In the forenoon a conference was held in the church. 

 At 3 p. m. the Perry started on its return to Sitka, leaving me at 

 Saxman, 



September 30: Rev. Edward Marsden took me in his steam launch 

 Marietta to Gravina, where I met the teacher. Miss Hamblet. At 12 

 noon the church bell rang and I had a conference with the leading 

 men. 



October 1: A beautiful day. At 2 p. m steamer City of Seattle 

 came along and I went aboard for Seattle. 



October 2: Reached Seattle at 2 p. m., forty-eight hours from 

 Alaska. After attending to a few items of business and procuring 

 my mail, took 4.30 p. m. train to Tacoma, where other matters of busi- 

 ness were arranged. Took the train at 11.30 p. m. for Portland. 



October 4: Transacted business for the Laplanders at First National 

 Bank. Took the 6 p. m. train for San Francisco. 



October 6: Reached San Francisco at 9 a. m. Spent the day at S. 

 Foster & Co.'s office looking up accounts, arranging business, etc. 

 Mr. Blum, whom I wished to see on reindeer matters, was out of the 

 city. Took the 6 p. m. train for Salt Lake. 



October 8: Spent the Saljbath at Salt Lake. 



October 9: Took 7 a. m. train for Chicago. During the night had 

 a heavy snowstorm. 



October 11: Reached Chicago about 1 p. m., the train being between 

 four and five hours late. At 5.30 p. m. took the Pennsylvania Limited 

 for Washington. During the night we were detained live hours by a 

 freight wreck. 



October 12: Reached Washington at 8.45 p. m., al)out four hours 

 late, thus closing a journey of 18,859 miles. 

 Very respectfully, yours, 



Sheldon Jackson, 

 United States General Agent of Education in Alaska. 



The Commissioner of Education. 



