Annual Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into AlaskaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 |
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abundance Agent of Education American reindeer animals APPENDIX Arctic Ocean barren-ground caribou Bering Sea Bering Straits bill BRUCE Bureau of Education camp Cape Navarin Cape Prince Capt caribou clothing Committee on Agriculture Congress deer dogs domesticated reindeer east Education in Alaska established feed feet fish food supply furnish Government ground herd interior introduction of domestic Island King Island Kotzebue Sound land Lapland live reindeer M. A. Healy miles moss mountains native population pasturage persistent hunt Point Barrow Port Clarence Prince of Wales purchased region reindeer into Alaska reindeer meat reindeer moss reindeer skins REINDEER STATION respectfully revenue cutter River San Francisco schools seal season Secretary sell SHELDON JACKSON Siberian coast Siberian herder side snow starvation steamer Bear supply of food Sweden Territory thousands tion tives transportation U. S. Revenue Marine Unalaska vessels village Washington whale and walrus wild reindeer winter grazing Yukon Yukon River
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Página 7 - ... shipboard, or perhaps to be destroyed by the Alaskan dogs (thus at the very outset prejudicing the scheme), it was deemed wiser and safer to buy only a few.
Página 30 - February as the weather permits the food-seekers again take the field. The does have their young during April, and by a provision of nature the horns of the female only attain size during the time she is suckling the fawn and until it reaches such an age that it can feed — about two months.
Página 28 - Fjeld Lapp's time is engaged in adding to his herd, to which he and his family devote all their energies, for their welfare depends on the growth of the animals. It is difficult to ascertain exactly the increase or decrease of reindeer according to the...
Página 28 - ... the mountains, the separation would be impossible. According to custom no one can make a new mark, but must buy that of an extinct herd; if these are scarce, the price paid to the families that own them is often high ; the name of the purchaser and each mark have to be recorded in court, like those...
Página 7 - ... motions I made them understand that I wanted a ride, and a short one was given me. The reindeer were much smaller than I had expected to find them, the majority of them being not much larger than the wild deer of other sections. The captain purchased four deer, which were slaughtered and dressed for him. When getting ready to lasso the deer the owner's family seated themselves in a circle on the ground, where probably some rites connected with their superstitions were observed. Upon attempting...
Página 10 - In the extreme north, at Point Barrow, and along the coast of Bering Sea they are of medium size. At Point Barrow the average height of the males is 5 feet 3 inches and average weight 153 pounds; of the women, 4 feet 11 inches and weight 135 pounds.
Página 10 - A change from the condition of hunters to that of herders is a long step upwards in the scale of civilization, teaching them to provide for the future by new methods. Probably no greater returns can be found in this country from the expenditure of the same amount of money than in lifting up this native race out of barbarism by the introduction of reindeer and education.
Página 7 - Tbe proposition to introduce domestic reindeer into Alaska had excited widespread and general interest. In the public discussions which arose with regard to the scheme, a sentiment was found in some circles that it was impracticable; that on account of the superstitions of...