1(U) INTRUDUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



If you coiiiplctc you I- aii!mt»-einont.s, you will luivo Hi.shop Rowc or 

 Mr. Provost write :i letter to Mr. William A. Kjellinunn asking- him 

 to drive the herd up to Wearc and turn them over to yt)ur care. 



Also arrangv with Mr. Kjellmaini for the Lapps you may need. 

 Until the deer loaned by the (TOV(>rnment are returned, the herd will 

 1)0 open to inspection by the Government ag'ont. 

 Truly, your.s. 



SiiELDox Jackson, 

 / I) !((■(/ Sfdtis (iiyiicnd Ai/cnt of Kdmjatlon In, Alaska. 



Mr. N. y. Hendricks, 



An mil., Alaska. 



Northern Lkjht, Yukon River. Auyusf 9^ 1S98. 

 Di". Shelkon rlACKSON: laniheartily in favorof niakiiinsomearrange- 

 ments with Mr. Hcndrieks with referoneo to the eare of the reindeer 

 apportioned to St. James Missions. 

 . I am writing- to Mr. KjoUmann as well. 

 Very sincerely, yours, 



Jules L. Prevo.st. 



KaRLTOC!, ^[ih/iisf 17\ JS08. 



Dear Mr. Kjellmann: According to the inclosed and further 

 instructions which you will receive from Dr. Jackson, I wish you 

 would please bring tht^ herd of deer to Weare, at mouth of Xanana. 

 Am on my wa}^ to St. Michael, and hope to see you and Dr. Jackson 

 again. 



Youis, in haste, N. V. Hendricks. 



Hotel Fort Get There, 



-Sy. Mirhiii'Ix Island, Alaska, t^epteinhrr 1, 1S9S. 

 Dear Sir: I had hoped to arrive here in time to see Dr. Jackson 

 again before he left for the States, but I was too late. I inclose you 

 the letter he gave me while here, which explains in i-egard to the rein- 

 deer. I send 3^ou a letter l)y the surveying party from Karltog. This 

 letter was authority froui Mr. Prevost to turn the herd over to me. 

 I inclose also herewith a letter from Mr. Prevost to Dr. fJackson, both 

 being of the same import. 1 thiidv it was Dr. Jackson's intention to 

 write 3'ou on this subject. Jf he has ))een luiable to do so, I hope these 

 lett(U"s wall 1)0 satisfactory enough for me to get tlu' deei'. I hope Dr. 

 Jackson has not failed to advise you, as the arrangements were that 

 you would bi'ing the herd to Weare ah)ng Avith your deer, and that I 



