Annual Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska Volume 5 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPEND1X B. ANNUAL REPORT TELLER REINDEER STATION. By Wiluam A. Kjellmann, Superintendent. [Translated hy Rasmus B. Anderson, LL D.. ex-United States minister to Denmark, author of Norse Mythology. First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration, and other works.] Poet Clarence, Alaska, June 29,1895. Sir: In accordance with your instructions dated July 2, 1894, in which you say that "upon the last day of June of each year the super, intendent will make out and mail to the general agent of education in Alaska an annual report of operations at the station," I have the honor to render an account of matters at the Teller Reindeer Station for the period beginning with August 6, 1894, and ending with the 30th of June, 1895. With it will be inclnded a report of my journey to Lapland, and of the transportation of the Lapps to this place in 1894. I left Madison, Wis., February 16, 1894, in accordance with your instructions, bound for "Lapland, via Washington, for the purpose of securing the services of five Lapp families and their dogs, and transporting them to Alaska as herders of reindeer. These Lapps were in the first place to herd the reindeer belonging to the United States Government, and in the second place teach the natives of Alaska the art of herding reindeer. Upon my arrival in Chicago the same day, I spent the day there and at once commenced inquiries into the cheapest and best way of transporting the Lapps and their dogs from Chicago to San Francisco. The result of my investigation on this point was reported to you on my arrival in Washington the 19th of the same month. After receiving the necessary orders and letters of introduction, that were of great service to me, and aided me materially in making my mission successful, and after receiving $1,000 from you per...