The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-28
FATAL To Reindeer.
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O. Reindeer 70 Alaska frarn tha cold Fsarth
ATTITUDES % TIE old caHnsTy Will net be-
a zsleeess aslEeKs 1he future briggs FORTH
seslFr results than the sw1 experiments
ssse3s 9ss@ ssist tame 20 an eEd issre. Oass
Or sfxtg-f2sr rpsnssee. vhfesg started fer
AsssAA from i.aDland and finland oaiy
*ez@a arrived here alive or. strictly
speaking. eight. bat shs eighth one 2as
- nearly dead 1Bst ], COULD nGg De taken
info ne calculation. There were two par
ties Ia charge Of she experiments One
was styled the Reindeer TEansp grf alton
Company, and consisted 81 Eaer or tive
Eas.s3. the leader 81 wi4ieh was p r. Clark
Tals company went 10 E42p!Ana and bought
fatfty reindeer aad bFcughf them across
tie Atlantic. Thence they came b. rsn
20 Vancouver. Thirteen Of the animals
oisd on the Atlantic. and s~o on the way
8sFoss the country. They kfsr:ea fran
Vancouver with fifteen and eight of these
died on the Way 10 SkaEway. They came
On sas sEesgaer Centennial. Or tas same
steamer was David ONer. who had one
DYING reindeer aut % a drove Of thirty
four which he started from Finland wish.
Dir. q Nell is well known In the X lon-
dixie country, where he ard his brothers
have valuable nainiag Interests. Alive 10
The need OF better beasts OF burden than
da.s In the Yukon country ar. O'Sesi
Jeff there last November and wen, 20 Nor
aesr he had often talked with men from
Norway atsd Sweden aosG; the merits "
TIE reindeer. agd had read UP cn them.
80 thai he felt sure that they wAr. 5us.
the thing for the Yukon. Accordingly he
arrived at Chrlstlanias where he found
that there we're no deer TO he bad He
continued his Journey some 400 miles fur
tier. to Tromspe. There ne learned that
the deer were AL back In the mountains.
aud he vas compelled 10 continue hts
journey going fron1 iown 20 town Ear 10
tae northeast. He finally reached small
village ssG miles nor. heast OF Archang,sI.
In thai locality he found a nanlbeg OF
fac deer. trained 10 haul and 10 pack
III. purchased q lot % them paying about
81 each Tor them. with tgllrty-four %
these, selected from slie best 81 the herd.
he started from Hamburg. To reach ybgt
point he had 10 make q journey of ever
40 miles The deer stood the trip SO Vel
that the prospect VI getting thsfn so Alaska
Vas very bright.
Previous % shipping them 10 New York
he had the anilsgs removed He also had
brought along IA f4ap.andsr, accustomed
10 the care aud fe~dsag Of the deer to-
Esther with tons or moss gathered from
the fayorite feeding grounds or the ami
nials II required twenty-three days 70
run across the ocean. the reindeer being
taFaNa about Oh the vessel by the sesere
Of them died and with the remnant MIR
o'Nsii proceeded TO Vancouver and took
the steamer fer Sasxway. In anes and
twds the deer kept dying Until there was
only one left when The steamer reached
the end of It's 5aurney. The survivor did
not I've 10 reach dry land however. The
long Journey had wiped out Of existence
the entire herd az thirty-four
Mr.. o'Sesis expensive experiment has
not shaken his faith IN thu merits OF the
reindeer for the purposes intended in
Alaska. He thinks noa OF going back and
bringing The balance OF his. herd across
siberia and the BERN. sea avoiding the
warmer attitudes and the long sea and rail-
voyages
some OF the J.spisnaers have immense
| herds Of reindeer. TferaSoe the villa ge
| where be secured the animals, "a IN y de-
| grres north latitude. Is degrees further
! n0rth than Dawson. The farmers there
/ carry on agriculture IN ,he face Of greater
| difficulties than would be fast with IN
! the Yukon country Mr.. o'NetI brought
| w3th him reindeer dog. orr of the kiad
/ which. Nth one 1nan. will take care ~
/ 80 deer. except when moving from place
! - glace
| dr q Nsi brought MS wlfe WITH him.
| lie has twenty fine days, and wifi lake
! hls les tof- az provisions into the Yukon
| country as fast Is BE- can dc 50.