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100 INTEODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



March 22: At 7 a. m., 32°; at noon, 44' •, at « p. m., 2S . A lovely- 

 day. Frederick arrived in the afternoon from St. Michael. The sick 

 men are doing Avell. Two Laplanders with deer left for Shatolik to 

 investigate for a summer pasturage. 



March 23: At 7 a. m., 18'^; at noon, 32°; at 6 p. m., 29°. Cloudy, 

 calm, with snow and southwest wind at night. Frederick and Karl 

 Suhr started for Nome City in the morning. 



March 24: At 7 a. m., 32°; at noon, 40°; at 6 p. m., 34°. Cloudy, 

 with some snow all day. Mr, A. Spring, jr., of New York City, went 

 up the river to visit his cabin and drive camp robbers away. Mrs. 

 Anders Balto, one of the Lapp women, gave birth to a baby girl at 8 p. m. 



March 25: At 7 a. m., 30°; at noon, 48°; at 6 p. m., 35°. Fine, 

 clear, calm, sunny, and pleasant day. Mr. Spring returned from up 

 the river. Mr. Larimore here. 



March 26: At 7 a. m., 32°; at noon, 40°; at 6 p. m., 28°. Bad 

 weather for Easter Sunday; a stiff gale, with heavy snow, most of the 

 day. The Sabbath observed. 



March 27: At 7 a. m., 21°; at noon, 33°; at 6 p. m., 25°. Clear, 

 sunshiny day; fog at night. Four Yukon Indian teams passed up the 

 river on theil' way to Nulato, The sick prospector is gaining in health 

 daily and Peder Berg is able to get around a little with the use of 

 crutches. Mr. Larimore started for Unalaklik with Mr. Calkins in 

 the morning. 



March 28: At 7 a. m., 16°; at noon, 28°; at 6 p. hi., 26°. Clear, sun- 

 shiny day; very warm in the sun. A good deal of target shooting in 

 the afternoon. The sick prospector's partner is getting ready to start 

 for that northern metropolis, Nome City. 



March 29: At 7 a. m., 13°; at noon, 28°; at 6 p. m., 18°. Windy and 

 cloudy. The sick man's partner started for the present Mecca of gold 

 seekers. Mrs. Johansen gave birth to a baby girl at 10 a. m. Some 

 natives from up the river were down and did some trading. 



March 30: At 7 a. m., 18°; at noon, 28°; at 6 p. m., 26' \ Veiy 

 windy, with considerable sleet all day. The superintendent has been 

 making some ivory souvenirs out of a walrus tusk and now sports a 

 very handsome ivory -toothpick, while two ivory paper weights adorned 

 with strange devices grace the official desk. 



March 31: At 7 a. m., 32°; at noon, 38°; at 6 p. m., 36°. Cloudy in 

 the morning, with heavy snow in the afternoon. A l)ig party of pros- 

 pectors called, on their way down the river; two stayed all night. 

 Some of the party came from Rampart City and some from Nulato. 

 Reports have come in of claim-jumping at Nome City, and it seems 

 that there have been arrests and many trials in that winter resort. 



April 1: At 7 a. m., 28°; at 6 p. m., 24°. Heavy snow all day. The 

 superintendent and Mr, Spring drove down to LTnalaklik with deer; 

 they returned at 6 p. m., after taking an inventory of the station's 



