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Reindeer Files Database

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Author
Date
Location
Subject
URL
Walter C. Shields
October 26, 1915
Nome
Coal
http://ankn.uaf.edu/Resources/ReindeerFiles/1900-1902.pdf






MS Ref: [5-50] Box:
B1
To:
H.C. Sinclair

Eskimo Names: White Names:
Capt. Backland; Earle M. Forrest; Mr. Richardson; Cram; Capt. Cottle; William B. VanValin;
Events: Places: Wainwright; Barrow; Seattle; Kivalina; Kotzebue; Teller; Wales; Nome; Arctic Ocean;
Perceptions: Treatment:
Travel Themes: Eskimo Trading

Themes: "supplies purchased from Captain rather than sent; appropriation delayed; cannot get remainder of authorizations from these 2 schools until late in summer, when its too late to spend it; coal mining; Shields requested coal be distributed along Arctic Ocean; Backland's fuel supplies useless; cheaper than Outside coal, tho not quite as good; price of Wainwright coal all goes to natives; very difficult to inspect Wainwright and Barrow schools bcause of their distance from Nome;" Trapping/Fishing/
Berry Picking

Business or
Organization:
Ships, Boats, &
Marine Equipment
"the "Bear";"
Books, Documents, & Articles: Diseases & Infirmaties

General Medical

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