106 INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



June 1: 7 a. m., 49 •, noon, 50"; 6 p. m., 50". Cloud}^ with light 

 showers and sleet in the afternoon. The deer scow which has been 

 on the river's bank has been repaired and was put afloat to-day. 



June 2: 7 a. m., 45°. Clear, with west wind. Mr. Kjellmann with 

 a few of the men of the station left for Unalaklik this morning. They 

 took the sail])oat and scow upon which was placed the hewed timbers 

 which will be used in building the storehouse for Government goods 

 as they are landed from the ship. 



June 3: 7 a. m., 35°. West wind; cold, cloudy, and chill}^ all day. 

 Mr. Kjellmann returned at noon. He stated that the Laplanders 

 who started for Cape Nome on the 28th ultimo were still detained at 

 Unalaklik by ice in the sea. Goose and ptarmigan eggs were brought 

 in by one of the Lapps this evening. 



June 4: 7 a. m., 40°: 6 p. m., 34°. Cold and cloudy, with chilling 

 west wind. 



June 5:7 a. m., 36°. Mr. Kjellmann with several workmen went 

 down to Unalaklik to erect the warehouse and gather hewn logs from 

 the beach. Thej^ will be gone several days. 



June 6:7 a. m., 37°. Still cloudy and cold. The wind remains in 

 the west. The second small river boat is finished and ready for 

 launching. A few fish, the first this season, were caught in nets. 



June 7: 7 a. m., 36°. Cloudy, with cold rain from the west. Some 

 seining was done this evening, and a few salmon, trout, blackfish, and 

 graylings were caught. The boat builders have begun work on the 

 new freighting boat. 



June 8: 7 a. m., 40°. Cloud}^, with a light west wind. Four or five 

 tubs full of fish were caught to-night. 



June 9: 7 a. m.,38°. Cloudy and cold, with a west wind. Ther- 

 mometer registered less than 40° the whole da}^ long. At 2:30 p. m. 

 Mr. Kjellmann and his men returned from Unalaklik. Reports that 

 there is ice in the sound hindering anyone from leaving for Cape Nome. 



June 10: 7 a. m., 36°. Southwest wind; cloudy all day. 



June 11: 7 a. m., 38°. Southwest wind; the sun appeared for a lit- 

 tle while this forenoon. Snowed on the mountains early this fore- 

 noon. Coldest temperature during the night, 31°. Aslak Balto and 

 family went to Unalaklik in one of the small river boats this morning. 



June 12: 7 a. m., 40°. Southwest wind; cloudy; sun shown part of 

 afternoon. 



June 13: 7 a. m., 38°. Southwest wind. Light rain this morning. 

 Cloudy and misty most of the day. 



June 14: 7 a. m., 40°. Southwest wind. Cloudy and misty all the 

 day. Stephen Ivanhold with three natives made the station a visit 

 this morning. He reports plenty of ice on the coast. 



June 15: 7 a. m., 39"^; noon, 45"^. Wind still in the west; cloudy 

 and misty. The Laplanders who started to Cape Nome on the 28th 



