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it will not be .safe for yoii to go up the river to Cirt-le Cit}'. Can you 

 not write Mr, Redmyer so explicitly that he will know what to do i 



The North American Transportation and Trading Company will take 

 30 head of reindeer from me whenever you are able to send the 

 men to take care of them. I will try and get Mr. Chilcott to take 

 at least 20 head for his use. The balance can be pastured in the 

 neighborhood of Circle City until we can dispose of them. It hardly 

 seems worth while to drive them down to the coast. If the Episco- 

 palians had got their herd at the mouth of the Tanana, it might have 

 been well to have driven them there; but you will ])rol)ably know 

 ])etter what to do than I. 



We now expect to leave the luiddle of next week and go to Kaiu- 

 chatka, with a short stop at Unalaska, and hope to get around to St. 

 Michael and ITnalaklik early in July. 



Keep track of the Lapps and Norwegians, so that I can readil}- find 

 them and pay them off and secure their receipts. 

 Very truly, yours. 



Sheldon Jackson, 

 Un'ited ISt(d('x (jrenci'dl Aijcid of Edavathm in Alat^ka. 



Mr. William A. K.tellmann, 



Kdo/i P. (>.. rht St. WtrluirU Ah(d'(l. 



Seattle, Wash., May 17^ 1S99. 

 Dear Sir: Regarding our conversation with reference to procuring 

 reindeer for carrying mails, we will furnish you a letter from the 

 First National Bank of Seattle, agreeing to pay $l!^5 per head forany 

 reindeer that may be delixered to Andrew Holman and on presenta- 

 tion of his r(»ceipt. 



Faithfully, yours, 



R. Chilcott. 

 Dr. Shelixjn Jackson, C!tij. 



First National Bank of Seattle, 



Srdf tie. Wash., Miiy io, 1H99. 

 Dear Sir: We are informed ])y our friends, Messrs. Simpson <Sc Co., 

 of this city, that they may desire to purchase from you thiough their 

 agent, Andrew Holman, at Circle City, Alaska, some reindeei'. We 

 will say that we will guarantee the payment of Holmairs drafts on 

 Simpson & Co., drawn on them in care of this ])ank, for the amount of 

 $125 for each head of reindeer delivered to him by you, the luimlier, 

 however, not to exceed ten. 

 Very truly, 



. L.Turner, ('(isJiln'. 

 Dr. Sheldon Jackson, Ctt;/. 



