INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 121 



Office, honorable John Ihiy, to gWc to your exceHency a letter of intro- 

 duction about honorable Di'. Sheldon Jackson, who is general superin- 

 tendent of the board of education of Alaska, 



Dr. S. Jackson is about to leave the continent for inspection of the 

 schools and reindeer stations in Alaska and the islands; he also intends 

 to visit the city of Petropavlovsk and some other parts of eastern 

 Siberia in order to purchase there reindeer for the United States 

 Government. 



I have the honor of asking your excellence to be so kind as to use 

 every possible support to honoralde L^r. S. Jackson for the successful 

 fulfilling- of his mission. 



Thanking you in advance for eveiy possible attention you may pay 

 to the above-reconnnended person, 1 am, your excellence, 

 Sincerely, yours. 



Count Kassini. 



A jidhd rorx],'^ Sthci'nt. 



COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION ASKS AN INCREASE IN REINDEER 

 APPROPRIATION FROM $12,500 to $25,000. 



Department of the Interior, 



Bureau of Education, 



Washmgton, D. C, FSruary 3, 1S99. 



Sir: In October last 1 had the honor to submit to your office a 

 request for an appropriation of $25,000 for the support of reindeer 

 stations in Alaska, for the instruction of Alaskan natives in the care 

 and management of the reindeer, and for the purchase and introduc- 

 tion of reindeer from Siberia for domestic purposes. 



In the estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1900, page 270 (printed copy), only |12,.500 is asked. This will 

 not be sufficient. For, in addition to the usual work, the support of 

 the reindeer stations, the instruction of apprentices, the enlargement 

 and care of the herds now under the control of the Government, this 

 Bureau is required during the coming fiscal year, in accordance with a 

 pledge made by the Government, to return to the American Missionary 

 Association at Bering Straits the reindeer which the Government bor- 

 rowed in the winter of 1897-98, and their estimated increase, for the 

 relief of the whalei's near Point Barrow. 



Antisarlook and Tautook were promised 220 deer and the American 

 Missionary Association 432 head in the summer of 1898. Thus, in 

 accordance with the agreement of the Ciovernment, 652 head were to 

 be returned last summer, but only 101 were returned, leaving 271 head 

 to be returned to the Congregational Mission and 220 to Antisarlook 

 and Tautook, or 191 in ;dl. 



