14U IXTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



RECEIPT OF CHARLEY AXTISARLOOK FOR PAYMENT IN FULL FOR 

 REINDEER BORROWED BY THE GOVERNMENT. 



Point Rodney, 



Almla, Deonnher 2, 1899. 

 Received from the United States Buretiu of Education, through 

 Dr. Sheldon Jackson, general agent, 3:^8 reindeer, being payment in 

 full for the 13.3 reindeer borrowed hy Lieut. D. H. Jarvis, R. C. S., 

 January lH, 1898, for the relief of the whalers at Point Barrow, 

 together with the natural increase of said deer for the years 1898 and 

 1899. 



Charley Antisarlook. 



CORRESPONDENCE WITH J. S. KIMBALL COMPANY CONCERNING THE 

 PURCHASE OF REINDEER. 



San Francisco, March ^, 1899. 

 Dear Sir: A responsible firm in this city, controlling a small aux- 

 iliary vessel, is willing to fit the same for the purchase of domesticated 

 reindeer in Siberia, providing the Government is ready to contract for 

 animals delivered at Port Clarence at remunerative figures. With the 

 experience gained during last winter I feel assured that I will be able 

 to land from 300 to 1:00 deer this coming summer, and also make 

 arrangements for further supplies in years after. Private parties, for 

 limited numbers, have ofl:'ered ^25 per head. If the Government is 

 prepared to contract for a number of deer, a speedv answer to that 

 effect will be appreciated. 



I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours, 



Conrad Siem, 

 Ii22 Fulton Street J San Francisco., Cal. 

 Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 



General Agent .^ etc., Washington^ D. C. 



Depart viENT of the Interior, 



Bureau of Education, 

 Washinghm, I). C., March 2 J,, 1899. 

 Sir: Your telegram and letter of March 11, 1899, have ))oth been 

 received. In reply to your proposition to deliver through H. Liebes 

 cv Co. reindeer at Port Clarence "1:00 or more at ^25 each," I would 

 state that I am ready to agree to purchase from H. Liebes & Co. 

 this summer, delivered at Port Clarence, Alaska, in good condi- 

 tion, oOO, or a less number, of female reindeer at the rate of %'lb each. 

 The law pre^'ents my entering into a contract for future years, but if 

 this method of securing the deer proves successful it seems probal)le it 

 will solve the problem of introducing reindeer into Alaska. If large 



