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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
REINDEER CORRALS, LOMEN HERD 
share with white stockmen 
in the profit of an organized 
industry. 
It is thirty-six years since 
the writer spent a summer 
among the Eskimo of Kotz¬ 
ebue Sound, and witnessed 
their trading with Siberian 
natives who brought great 
numbers of reindeer skins 
across Bering Strait for 
barter. To-day they have 
profitable herds of their 
own, and are no longer 
dependent upon either Si¬ 
berian skins or native cari¬ 
bou for their clothing. 
Eskimo race. The people gather from far and 
near to display their deer, sledges and harness, 
and to compete in the races for the prizes offered 
for driving. The reindeer fair is the great so¬ 
cial event of the year and is held in different 
sections of the country. Its very fun and frolic 
stimulate the interest and serve well the seri¬ 
ous purpose behind it. 
The original importations were made with 
governmental,, church and private funds. As 
Government appropriations for special reindeer 
work have not during recent years exceeded 
five thousand dollars, the churches should help 
again so that the enterprise may be extended. 
It would be a tribute to the memory of Dr. 
Jackson, whose foresight and persistence made 
possible the first importations. Additional 
trainers are needed. Selected bucks should be 
brought over from Siberia to improve the stock, 
which is in danger of in- 
breeding among the smaller 
herds. The Eskimo come 
for aid and instruction at 
every opportunity offered. 
It is gratifying to note that 
Congress appropriated $25,- 
000 for reindeer work in 
1921. The introduced occu¬ 
pation of reindeer herding 
has, within a single genera¬ 
tion, raised the Eskimo to 
the pastoral stage. It is 
now entering another stage 
in which the natives, al¬ 
ready supported by their 
own herds, will produce a 
surplus, and to some extent REINDEER AS DRESSED FOR SHIPMENT WITH HIDES ON 
Estimate of Number of Reindeer in Alaska, 
July 1, 1921. 
Ownership Number 
Natives- . 152,500 
Whites . 50,000 
Laplanders . 5,000 
Missions . -1,500 
Government . 4,000 
Total . 216,000 
Proceeds of Sales of Surplus Male Rein¬ 
deer to June 30, 1921. $762.62 
Attendance in 1921—Visitors at the Aquari¬ 
um during the past year numbered 2,376,840 
or 6,511 a day. This is equal to the annual 
attendance before the war. 
The grand total of visitors for the twenty- 
five years ending December, 1921, exceeds 
forty-seven millions. 
