INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



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Loss, died, ami killed: 



Females 10 



Males - 2 



Sled deer 4 



Fawns 27 



43 



To Lapps: Sled deer 9 



52 



Balance on hand 448 



Number of reindeer killed from August IS, 1898, to July 24, 1899. 



Account of deer hilled, and lod from Point Ifojw herd. 



One deer, broken neck, female, ow ned by a Lapp. 



One deer, broken back, female. 



One deer, broken leg, male, owned by Elektoona. 



One deer, broken neck, female, owned by Ahlook. 



One deer, sick, retention of urine, female. 



Two deer, killed for food on Point Barrow trip. 



One deer, killed on account of weak legs on Point Barrow trip, female. 



One deer, killed for food by Elektoona and Ahlook, male. 



One deer, sick and died, male. 



Four deer, died crazy, three males and one female. 



One sled deer, swelling of its side, died. 



Two deer, lost on Point Barrow trip, females. 



One deer ran away, dogs chasing it. 



Three fawns died. 



One sled deer killed for food July 19, 1899, Lapp and Eskimo. 



There were 52 deer remaining at Point Hope August 24, 1899. 



D. H. Jarvis, 

 First Lieutenant, Revenue-Cutter Service. 



