148 INTKC DUOTl >X OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



It will alf?o loiive you nioro free to run the mail and express l)usinc!>s 

 betAveen Dawson and Juneau. 



I o() with the Drl Xorti' to-morrow, coastinj^ across to Siberia. AVish- 

 mg 3'ou all possihU^ .success, I remain, 

 Yours, truly, 



Sheldon Jackson. 

 Mr. r. C Richardson, 



Seattlt\ Wash. 



St. Michael, Alaska, Srptemher 2Jf, 1S08. 



Dear Sir: 1 inclose letters to Capt. p]. E. Crockett and Dr. Dalil, 

 both of which 3'ou may read to save copying. I am much disappointed 

 in not tindinu- some one here to represent you. After arrival here it 

 was impossible for me to get your people over here in time to go up 

 the river. I have told Dahl to take at least 10 of the best men. If 

 you can spare them and think they can make the trip without too great 

 trouble, send 30 of them. Dr. Dahl and Captain Crockett must see 

 that they are kept busy building cabins, cutting wood, or carrying 

 mail, as the case may be. In case it is running too much risk to send 

 30 this fall, send 10 of the best men and the remainder in the spring, 

 so that they will be on the ground in the spring before ice breaks up. 

 This would be the safe plan, perhaps. There will be no trouble abt)ut 

 pay of the men, for I have at last secured the cooperation of wealthy 

 Victoria parties, who have already put up $50,000 and are able and 

 I'eady to put up more. 



I will return to Seattle to-morrow and come in over the pass, arriv- 

 ing at Rampart in March or April. 



In a))scnce of anything definite from you, I have been compelled to 

 sublet for this next year to parties here the route between this point 

 and Weare. Get at least 10 men to Crockett at earliest possible date, 

 for he is depending on them. 

 Yours, etc., 



P. C. Richardson. 



William A. Kjelt-mann, 



inudakilk\ Ala.shi. 



St. Michael, Alaska, Septcmher ^4, 1898. 

 Dear Sir: This will be handed to you by Dr. Dahl, who has with 

 him a luunbcr of Laplanders, whom yow are to use in carrying mail, 

 building cal)ins, and cutting wood. I want good cabins about eveiy 

 30 miles between Weare and Circle. They should ])e 10 by 28 inside, 

 and 9 feet in the clear. It will be hard to build during winter, but 

 they can get out the timber, hew it, get roof poles, and have eveiy- 



