260 * II^DEX. 



Reindeer, C)4; appropriations, increase asked, 121-123; as a pack animal, 21; attract- 

 ing attention in Canada, 22; borroAved from Antisarlook, 13G-137; Cape Prince 

 of Wales, 15, 108-109; carts, 109; description of, by Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, 178; 

 distribntion in Alaska (1899), 16; Eaton station, 14; fitting ont V. S. S. Thetis 

 for pnrchasing, 126-127; food, 22, 58-59, 176; for Ejiiscopal mission, 159-160; for 

 Roman Catholic mission, 161-162; for Yaldes and Circle City mail route, 151- 

 154; for Yukon Valley mail route, 146-151; fund, expenditure, 17; Golovin Bay, 

 15,115-116; herd, 113; industry, 55-56; in Russia, 177-178; in Siberia, 176-177; 

 letters on introduction of, 170-172; loan of, 164; mail service, 19-20, 158-159; 

 l^asturage, 65; petition of miners for, at Kotzebue Sound, 163-165; Point Bar- 

 row, 15, 110-112; Point Hope, 15; Point Rodney, 15; purchase, 140-143, 164, 179- 

 185; purchase in Siberia, 19, 134-136; report on, by Hank Summers, 157-158; 

 requests for, 21; return of, to American i\Iissionary Association, etc., 22-24; 

 stations: Cape Prince of Wales, 15, 108-109, Eaton, 14, 68-74, 79-107, Golovin 

 Bay, 15, 115-116, Point Barrow, 15, 110-112, Point Hope, 15, Point Rodney, 15. 

 Teller, 13, 15, 75, 78; supplies, receipt of N. V. Hendricks, 116; transportation 

 20, 21, 145-146, 173-174; use of, 144. 



Religion, Eskimo, 209, 215-217, 220. 



Revenue-Cutter Service, 24. 



Richardson, P. C, correspondence relative to reindeer for Yukoti Valley mail route, 

 146-149. 



Roman Catholics mission, reindeer for, 161-162. 



Russia, reindeer food, 177-178. 



Russia, seal skin company, 28. 



Sacred Heart, school, 60. 



St. Joseph, school, 60. 



St. Lawrence Island, Eskimos, 186-256; description of, 186; log book of William F. 

 Doty, 224-256; origin of natives, 187-189; school, 60, 225; suicide among 

 Eskimos, 38. 



St. Michael, reindeer mail service, 158-159. 



Saxman, school, 61. 



Schools, Alaskan, 14, 60-61, 72, 122-123, 225. 



Secretary of Interior, letter from Thomas W. Cridier, transmitting consular reports, 

 175-176; letter of, to Committee on Appropriations relative to fitting out vessel 

 for procuring reindeer, 128. 



Secretary of the Treasury, recommendation of letter of Secretary of the Interior to 

 Committee on Appropriations relative to reindeer vessel, 128; to Secretary of the 

 Navy asking for use of U. S. S. Thetis, 129-130. 



Secretary of War, letter to, from Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 169-130. 



Seim, Conrad, on j^urchase of reindeer, 140-143, 179-185. 



Senate, United States, action of, 2; letter of Secretary of Interior to President of, 3. 



Shepherd, L. B., letter to Dr. F. H. Gambell, regarding transportation of provisions 

 to Nome, 154-157. 



Siberia, monument to La Perouse, 29, to soldiers killed, 2i): purchase of reindeer, 19, 

 134—136; purchasing station, 56; reindeer fond, 176-177. 



Sitka, school, 61. 



Sununers, Hank, rei)ort on reindeer, 157-158. 



Superstitions, Eskimo, 220-222. 



Synrock, report of expedition to, by Dr. F. II. Gand)ell, 138-139. 



Talmage, Rev. T. De Witt, description of reindeer, 178. 



Tattooing, E.skimo, 218-219. 



Teller Station, 13; daily journal of T. L. Brevig, 75-78; herd, 15; use oi, hy Charles 

 E. Chard, 175. 



