The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-14
Says Alaska Reindeer Scheme Is
Not a Failure.
ABUNDANCE OF MOSS FOUND.
Eighty Lapianders VIII Go North on
the Schooner Louise j. kcnney.
and Another Herd OF Reindeer
VIII BE sent North-Wiil Trans
pert Government Supplies From
InaIakiik-NaJ. lngraham 10 Sail

The schooner Louise J. Kenney will, Il
is believed, sail from Seattle for Cnalak-
ik next Saturday. Unalakllk is north OF
81. Michael. The schooner vii! carry 40
people 10 Alaska points, and eighty OF
them vii. be I.aplanders. who have for
the past two months been at Port Towns
end In charge Of Lieut. Graves. who is
identified with the cous:nissary department,
L. S. n. at the Vancouver barracks. Maj.
1ngraham, who was passenger on the
Jane Gray, VIII also sand nine men on tbs
Louise j. kenney 10 ST. Michael MAJ.
Ingraham expects 10 follow later on a
steamer ard join the party al the latter
place. Mai. Ingraham is not discouraged
on account of his thrilling and narrow
cape from death on the Jane Gray, and is
fully determined 20 penetrate the gold re-
gions Of the frozen north. and If possible
make fortune.
Arrangements for the transportation of
the Laplanders were made by DIR. Shell
don Jackson. who only recently arrived
in Seattle from Washington. d. c. In an
interview with Pos,-Intelligencer report
or DIR. Jackson said yesterday:
Yes. / have fully made arrangements
10 send the Lapanders TO Alaska and l
expect that the boat viii leave port next
Saturday | shat leave about the same
time for st. Michael on the Del Nor;s. and
there join the Laplinders who viii arrive
later on the Louise ]. kenney. The lap
landers VII be accompanied en- their trip
by Dr. II. +. Gamble, of Iowa. who will
act as their phy stefan. DR.. Gamble Is a
brother OF w G. Gamble, the missionary,
who. with his wife and child. were passen-
gers ofs the Jane Gray and row fill watery
graves.
The Lapianders are very enthusiastic
over their coming trip TO the north ard
are anxious 10 get into cold country once
again. One family of the Laps decided.
after | reached Seattle that they would
prefer to return to their native country
and / have Just sent them 10 New York.
where they will be taken in charge by
the government and forwarded with tickets
clear through tc Lapand
'All the others are anxious 10 go to
Alaska. These Laps will. be of good serv-
ice in transporting the government sup
plies from Unalakiik to the various mis-
sionary and educational stations We now
have 1000 reindeer In the northern part of
Alaska. which have accumulated from the
supplies taken there In 1892. Many of these
reindeer VIII be brought into requsitloR
for the purpose of transporting these sup
plies and the Lapps will act as drivers.
You can say for me that | am still. of the
belief that reindeer are the only solution
OF the transportation problem In Alaska
and that ] am so set in that belief that
the government now has three men in ST.
IBERIA buying a large number OF these AMI
mails TO be sent 70 Alaska. just as soon
as they can he shipped to New York and
from there to Seattle. II has been al
legged that Il was impossible to find in Alas
ka suitat.e ROSS on which reindeer could
suhsist. This report Is simply erroneous.
as moss has been found fifty miles from
Iiaines' mission and there is enough OF IL
to feed 9o0a.1o head for an indefinite
period OF time
Not a Failure.
1T has been alleged that the reindeer
expedition proved to be failure. but such
is not the case. Matters have been great
ly misrepresented, simply because am
missionary. and am not. as many other
! people who go to Alaska. a man of the
world. I presume that Il l was a gambler
instead OF missionary. my efforts would
be applauded and the reindeer expedition
would he Al once pronounced n unmistak-
able success. and not a failure You must
not understand, however. that I am dis
couraSsd or that | in any way heed the
manner In which my efforts have been
decried by people who are no. IN sympathy
with a missionary on the contrary. these
attacks seem 10 inspire ne TO renewed
energy. 7 am working fer the best inter
ests Of the government and YOU can saw
II the Post lnte}Igeucer that another
large expedition OF reindeer will be sent
10 Alaska just as soon as they can be
sort 10 SCa ytie.
'Arrangs Tnents have inst been made 10
ship all government supplies TO Alaska on
the Del Norfe 70 carry oHt the contract
made between the government and the
Eosten & Alaslys Transportation Com
pan%. I expect TO return 10 Seattle in
October"