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3^011 i.s acceptul)lc to me; that is, I agree to sulilct the contract for the 

 service Ijetwcen St. Michael and Weare, Ahtska, as let to me by the 

 United States Government, and pay 3'ou the sum of $lii,OUO for per- 

 forming- such service during the montlis of Octo])cr, November, De- 

 cember, January, February, March, April, and May, you to furnish 

 ever^-thing and to stand your pro rata of fines and penalties that may 

 be levied by tlio Department, which I think, however, will ])C small, 

 for they are undoubtedly beginning to appreciate the difficulties of 

 working in that country. 



The final contract we will draw and sign when I meet you at St. 

 Michael, about the middle of August or later. I will find you some- 

 where on the river Ijctween now and the 1st of October. However, 

 you had better give Dr. Jackson a power of attorne}^ to act for you 

 in case by some mishap I should miss you. 



Can you not undertake the service between Circle City and Weare 

 for two trips a months If a^ou can do it, prepare for it and we will 

 make that a separate contract. For such service I will give you the 

 sum of $1.5,000 for the same eight months as the lower-river contract 

 runs for. I notified you of the above through the Victoria office, 

 thinking it might reach St. Michael sooner by a British vessel, but do 

 not know whether it has done so. 



You understand, I am depending on j^ou for the lower-river service 

 and am not taking any supplies from here for that route; therefore, I 

 hope you will make prompt and ample preparations for it. 

 I am, yours, respectfully, 



P. C. Richardson. 



Mr, William A. K.tellmann, 



St. Michael., AJdxlui. 



St. Michael, J<thj 2S, 1H08. 

 Dear Sir : You will rememl)er that in our interviews at Seattle 

 concerning carrying the mail next winter you and Mr. Emerson wished 

 Mr. Kjellmann to sublet the whole route from St. Michael to Dawson, 

 giving you one-third the contract price, but that ]\Ir. Kjellmann was 

 only willing to sublet the route from St. Michael to Weare. I have 

 now found a reliable party who will sublet tlie portion l)etween Weare 

 and Dawson. It is Mr. N. V. Hendricks, who has several stores on 

 the Yukon and will make his headquarters at Weare. lie was for- 

 merly at Anvik, where he and Picketts had a store and ran a sawmill. 

 Mr. Hendricks has been placed in charge of the Episcopal herd of rein- 

 deer, and is, I think, an energetic and reliable young man. I have no 

 hesitation in commending him to vou, and saying that 1 think you will 

 make more money l)y this arrangement than by running it yourself. 



