30 ARCTIC CRUISE OF THE REVENUE CUTTER 
The 4th of July was spent with the whaling fleet, at anchor. .A 
baseball game on shore and a salute of twenty-one guns at noon, 
with a dinner on the Bear to the whaling captains, comprised 
the public celebration of the day. On July 5 the Bear left for 
St. Michael, where she arrived the following day. On July 8 
anchor was hoisted and a trip was made to the native village on 
Sledge island. On July 9 the steamer made Bering straits, 
calling at East cape, where four or flve influential natives were 
taken on board to aid in procuring reindeer. Learning that 
there was a large herd about 50 miles to the northward, the vessel 
entered the Arctic ocean. Early in the morning of Juh' 11 the 
Bear, picking and pushing her way through the ice, reached Utan 
At this place 16 deer Avere purchased and brought on board. 
Continuing the trip up the coast, the Bear tied up to a huge ice 
floe near caj)e Serdz;e, Siberia. ^Vhile there target practice was 
had at distant pieces of ice. On the 14th, learning that there 
were some deer at Chacoran, the vessel steamed over to that 
village, Avhere 22 deer were secured. The ice closing in, the 
cutter was compelled to move a few miles forther south. At this 
point 73 head of deer Avere purchased, and at midnight the Bear 
got under Avay for the reindeer station at Port Clarence, passing 
through a gale on the 16th and reaching point Spencer on the 
17th, Avhere she anchored. About noon on the 20th, the gale 
haA'ing subsided, the Bear steamed over to the station and landed 
the deer. The brig W. U. Meyer, Avith the annual supi)lies for 
the several stations and schools, Avas found Avrecked on the beach 
in front of the station, having gone ashore during the gale on 
the night of the 17th. The supplies for the reindeer station had 
fortunately all been landed, but those for the schools at cape 
Prince of W'ales and point BarroAV Avere lost. 
On .July 22 the Bear Aveighed anchor and headed for Siberia 
for another load of reindeer, and on July 23 she reached St. LaAV- 
rence bay. On the 24th she steamed to the head of the bay, 
Avhere 43 head Avere secured. The next day she returned to the 
reindeer station, Avhere the deer Avere landed on the 26th. On the 
28th, the Bear having taken on board Mr and Mrs Hanna, Avho 
had been Avrecked on the IF. H. Meyer, Avith their supplies re- 
ceived from reindeer station, sailed for cape Prince of Whiles, 
Avhere they Avere landed that afternoon. Again hoisting anchor 
the steamer left for Kotzebue sound. On the Avay the schooner 
Jessie Avas boarded and examined. On J uly 30 the Bear anchored 
