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REINDEER BARTER GOODS FOR USE OF U. S. S. THETIS. 



[Telegram.] 



Treasury Department, 



Washington, D. C. May 15, 1899. 



Sheldon Jackson, 



(Care Seattle Hardware Company, Seattle, \Yash.) 

 Thetis will probably reach St. Lawrence Ba}' early in July. Suggest 

 leaye means at Seattle for Buhner purchase reindeer. 



H. H. Taylor, 



Assistan t Secretary. 



Seattle, Wash., May ^^, 1899. 

 Gentlemen: You are hereby authorized to furnish Lieutenant Buh- 

 ner, commanding U. S. S. Thefts, with $200 worth of barter goods, 

 for use on the coast of Siberia in purchasing reindeer. You will send 

 the bills, as usual, to the Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C, 

 for collection. 



Truh', yours, 



Sheldon Jackson, 

 Messrs. S. Foster & Co., 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Seattle, Wash., May '21^, 1899. 



My Dear Lieutenant: I receiyed a telegram from Mr. Taylor, 

 assistant secretary, suggesting that I consider the adyisability of leay- 

 ing some trade goods at Seattle for you to pick up upon your arriyal. 

 The barter goods that I expected to trade for reindeer with are all 

 stowed away in the Bear, so that I can not diyide with you, but 1 will 

 giye you an order on the Seattle Hardware Company or S. Foster & 

 Co., to procure additional goods to the amount of $20(J. Then when 

 you meet the Bear^ if you haye not enough, we will furnish you a 

 portion of the supply from the Bear. 



I would suggest that you will find the following articles good trade: 

 Tobacco; powder; shot; steel traps; calico; duck; large case kniyes; a 

 little Hour; a few boxes of pilot bread; a box of tea. with the tea in 

 small paper packages; some tin plates and cups; also, cheap iron 

 spoons. Brass kettles, also, are good trade; but there is a supply of 

 them at the mission station, at St. Lawrence Island, that you can get 

 when 3'ou go along. 



Haye the bills made out for the same on Bureau of Education blanks, 

 which the merchants haye, and mail to the Bureau of Education, at 

 Washinetou. 



