Contents: A [skookum] paper for Shaikes [Shakes], the Stickeen Chief, with comment on his character. Letter by Ed C. Hughes, purser, SS California, 1879 Dec. 28. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Oct....
Letter dated 1 June 1877 from Sheldon Jackson, Denver, Colo. to J. S. Brown, Fort Wrangel noting Brown's appeal to the Y.M.C.A. had been forwarded to him and seeking further information necessary to establish a mission at Fort Wrangel.
Shows locations of reindeer stations as well as missions, forts and trails in Alaska. Also shows "reindeer country" in eastern Siberia. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Oriented with north to the upper right.
Title from image caption Approximately 75 people, some holding musical instruments, pose on risers Individuals who have been identified include the following: Geo. Hamilton, Rev. Sheldon Jackson, and Rev. Harry Corser
Title taken from caption. "9272 -- (31) On March 28, 1898, the government reindeer relief expedition landed at Haines Mission. The herd then numbered 525.
From the date of the landing of the deer at Haines Mission the story of the...