INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC RP:iNDEKK INTO ALASKA. I(l7 



Circle City'. Jmu' 27^ 1899. 

 Dear Sir: Under yoiii- letter of introduction of April we are 

 authorized to furnish good.s to H. ¥j. lledmyer only under urgvnt 

 necessity. We have extended every eourtes}' to Mr. liedniyer, and 

 have supplied the Laplanders with tobacco and siniihii' articles of 

 everyda}' use, as well as to Mr. Kednn'er, which we undei'stand is out- 

 side of the Government reindeer account. No mention of this being 

 made in yours, we are writing for information as to the reimburse- 

 ment of these, and also as to what extent we may allow them to run. 

 We have not taken over the 30 reindeer yet, as ^Ir, Redmyer could 

 not let us have the three Laplanders called for in tiie contract; l)ut we 

 would like to have the men as soon as possible. 



Capt. J. J, Healy will probably be at St. Michael in a few days, and 

 we siiould deem it a favor for you to consult with him on this matter. 

 ' Respectfully, youi's, 



J. E. Crane, 

 A</riii Xorth AiiitrU'dii Transportation and 



Tradnxj Contpanij^ Circle Clty^ Alashi. 

 Rev. Sheldon Jackson, 



jSt. Michat'l.^ AJasla. 



St. Michael, July 29, 1899. 



Sir: You will return at once to Circle City, Alaska, and upon your- 

 arrival at that place will turn over to Mr. John E. Crane, agent of the 

 North American Transportation and Trading Company, ?>() head of 

 reindeer, and take a receipt for the same in duplicate. One of the 

 receipts you will mail to me, care of the military camp at St. Michael, 

 and the other you will mail to me at Washington, D. C. 



You will also turn over to the company three of the Lapps now iii 

 3^our employ, and see that the company makes a written agreement, in 

 duplicate, with them that will be satisfactory to the company and to 

 the Lapps, the said Lapps to have one copy of the agreement. If 

 Mr. Holman^ agent of Mr. Chilcott, who has the mail contract from 

 Valdez to Circle Cit}', shall appl}' to you at Circle City while the deer 

 are still in your possession, you can give him 10 head and take a 

 receipt for the same in duplicate, said receipts to be sent as above — 

 one to me at St. Michael and one to me at Washington. Whoever 

 applies to you as Mr. Chilcott's agent must show his credentials and 

 prove that he is the man that he represents himself to be. 



If the agent of Mr. P. C. Richardson applies for deer, let him have 

 all that he will pay cash for at the rate of %1'lb per head. You will 

 deposit the money for the same with the North American Transporta- 

 tion and Trading Company, to ])e forwarded to me at Washington. 



