TNTRODUCTTON OF DOMESTIC RETNBKKR TNTO ALASKA. IC^fi 



corresp()NDp:ncp: with iip:i)i.ey k. redmyeh, in ("iiak(;k of iiekd 

 of reindep]r near circle city, alaska. 



Circle City. J/arr/, -V, J890. 



Dear Sir: 1 have just heard to-night that thci'c is a man g'oino- out 

 to-morrow, via Dawson. As I have not had time to make out my 

 reports. I thought I would send 3"ou a few lines. Wo arrived here 

 February 28, all well, also the reindeer, but not as many as we all 

 thought at the beginning of our journey. Above Dawson the wolves 

 visited us, also 1()() miles below, so our herd has come down to the 

 small numlier of 122 reindeer, whieh the Lapps are now herding at a 

 good pasture near by. The deer are in a ftiir eondition, but of course 

 having been constantly driven and not having had nmch time to feed 

 propei'ly they need the rest of the winter to gain what th(\v have lost; 

 men are also used up and need rest. I received your letter of August 

 31 from Mr. Crane, but I submit that I can not fulfill the order, as I 

 can not let the three men go with the 30 deer. It would only leave 

 me two herders with the remaining herd. It would seem that Mr. 

 Kjellmann must have known that I could not takc^ ('ar(> of the deer with 

 only two men. 



1 will write down to Mr. Kjellmann and ask him to come up here 

 on the first boat this spring. 1 think my letter can reach him sooner 

 than 3^ours can. At the same time your instructions, via Dawson, may 

 reach him here. In regard to the price, |125, it seemed to me rather 

 cheap. If I had had only a few deer left after Mi'. Crane got his deer 

 I would have sold at that price, l)ut to sell two or three at that price 

 is of no use; so I will not do anything until a new order is received 

 from you in Dawson. I might have sold quite a few; one offered $300 

 for a deer, but as I did not know anything a))out my authority to sell, I 

 told them the deer were not for sale. Mr. Emil Kjels})erg notified me 

 on December 15, 1898, that six months from that date he wanted to 

 resign from the Government employ. Will write more, also send in 

 my report as soon as I havi^ it ready. 

 Yours, very truly, 



Hedley E. Redmyer, 

 fji Chai'<je of Uuitcil States (ioi^cmiixnt Remdeci' TTerd., 



V!rdr OUy. 



Hon. Sheldon Jackson, 



WasliliK/toii^ I). O. 



Circle City, March 31, 1899. 

 Dear Sir: 1 thought of sending you my daybook and a filial report, 

 but as I am not certain whether the mail will arrive safely or not, 1 

 concluded to wait until it can be sent by boat. 1 have now ))ought 



