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Notwithstanding tiie fact that the weather (hiriiio- the fawning sea- 

 son was not very favorable, the fawns did well. Of 208 fawns born 194 

 survived. 4 being stillborn. 



The herd at this station consists of 787 animals, of which 714 l)elong 

 to the Government and 23 belong to the apprentice Martin Jacobsen. 

 Ninety-six of the sled deer belonging to this station were left with 

 the Port Clarence or Teller Station herd for the summer pasture, and 

 2 were left with the Mission herd at Golovin Bay. 



Of the 714 animals here 620 are full-grown and 104 are fawns. 

 Those left at Golovin Bay and Teller Station are all male deer. 



On account of ill health 1 was forced to sta}' in bed the greater part 

 of the winter, and I was not able to do any traveling except one trip 

 to the north as far as Sinrock or Antisarlook's place, during which trip 

 I took sick. 



During the winter the deer and herders were always on the road, 

 engaged in freighting for this station and for the United States troops 

 at St. ]Micha(^l. In this way both apprentices and deer received a thor- 

 ough training. 



The results of fishing ha\ e been ^'ery good; a<^cordingly. very few 

 fish have been bought this year. 



The supplies sent to this station last summer weie sufficient, although 

 we had to exchange some articles of which we had a plentv for others 

 which Avere needed. The following is the monthly ration issued to 

 each herder: Flour, 35 pounds; oat meal, 2 pounds; pease, li pounds; 

 beans, 2^ pounds; corn meal, 2 pounds; coffee, 2^ pounds; cube sugar, 

 li pounds; brown sugar, 3 pounds; chicory, one-half pound; l)utter, 

 2i pounds; chocolate, one-half pound; bacon, 8 pounds; roast beef. 2 

 cans; salt beef, 4 pounds; evaporated potatoes, 1^ pounds; yeast. 1 

 package; l)aking powder, 1 tin; soap, 1 bar; matches, 1 package; tea, 

 one-fonrth })ound; molasses, 1 quart. Sonietimos this was varied a 

 little in order to change food; that is, one kind of food was substituted 

 for another. 



The health of tlu^ people was genendly good, thanks to l^r. F. H. 

 Gambell's efficienc}'. 



I hope that you will succeed in the reindeer enterprise in the future 

 as well as you have in the past, until this region is stocked with deer — 

 the animal so aduiira])ly suited to it. I ask \'ou to keep on as you 

 have commenced for the benefit and l)lessing of Alaska, notwithstand- 

 ing the stubl)orn obstructions and misrepresentations that have come 

 and will surcdy continue to come from people who do not know what 

 the}' are doing. Keep on, and be sure that all real, disinterested friends 

 of Alaska are with you in your work and look to you to carr}' it 

 through. 



. Yours, very respectf ulh^, 



Wm. a. Kjellmaxn. Superintendent. 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 



General Agent of Education in Alaska^ Washingtwi^ D. C. 



