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Reindeer Files Database

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Author
Date
Location
Subject
URL
W.T. Lopp
December 21, 1907
Unalakleet
Kobuk Herd Management







MS Ref: [2-7] [2-10] Box:
B2
To:
Eli M. Myers

Eskimo Names: Okwitkon; Micky; Okiltsoon; Okwiltsoon; Okitkon; White Names:
A.N. Evans; Mrs. Karlson; Miss Erickson;
Events: "merry Xmas, happy N. Year;" Places: Unalakleet; Kobuk; Shungnak; Buckland [River]; Kotzebue; Seattle;
Perceptions: Treatment:
Travel Themes: Eskimo Trading

Themes: sending reindeer to Shungnak with Okwitkon; Kobuk boy (Micky); suggestions (age, marital status, etc.) for selecting apprentices; uncertain re range conditions near Shungnak; "free from mosquitoes"; may need to go to coast to avoid mosquitoes; desire to keep herd within 40 miles of Shungnak; Trapping/Fishing/
Berry Picking

Business or
Organization:
Ships, Boats, &
Marine Equipment

Books, Documents, & Articles: Diseases & Infirmaties

General Medical

Comments: each apprentice to receive 12 sacks of flour, 125 pounds sugar, "etc." for "12 months"; allowed to kill 5 deer [per year?] to feed all apprentices; "merry Xmas"; signed "Tom Lopp"; also on R_03: page 745

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