. Report of the cruise of the revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898. , Avhile on the way to the watering place, a stop was madeat the reindeer station. Mr. Brevig had given out so much of hisprovisions on orders of the overland expedition that he was now shorthimself, so I gave him 500 pounds of flour and 5 pounds of tea, creditfor which will be given in his bill against the overland the reindeer station proceeded to the watering place to thesouthward of Cape Riley, r
. Report of the cruise of the revenue cutter Bear and the overland expedition for the relief of the whalers in the Arctic ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898. , Avhile on the way to the watering place, a stop was madeat the reindeer station. Mr. Brevig had given out so much of hisprovisions on orders of the overland expedition that he was now shorthimself, so I gave him 500 pounds of flour and 5 pounds of tea, creditfor which will be given in his bill against the overland the reindeer station proceeded to the watering place to thesouthward of Cape Riley, reaching there a. m. The boiler wasblown down and watering ship commenced. Boiler was refilled andthe fresh-water tanks were full a. m. of the 12th. Steam was raisedand at p. m. got under way for Point Spencer, anchoring thereat p. m. During our absence from the watering place the steamer Thrasher,from San Francisco, with supplies for the whalers in the north, andthe schooner Bonanza, with supplies for H. Liebess trading stationsin the north, arrived. Mr. Koltchoff, who was landed with the over-land expedition at Cape Vancouver, came up on the Thrasher and128. I UI I1- O I- <um m i O en _Ia. _j3 CRUISE OP THE U. S. REVENUE CUTTER BEAR. 129 came on board the Bear to report. I had heard incidentally while atSt. Michael that Lieutenant Bertholf, in obedience to orders fromLieutenant Jarvis, had discharged Koltchoff at St. Michael on Jan-uary 1. Instead of reporting at the reindeer station at ITnalaklikas ordered, he had gone overland with Mr. Tilton, who came downfrom the wrecked whalers. Koltchoff said Lieutenant Bertholf hadgiven him a paper, the contents of which he claimed to be ignorant,which he had given to Lieutenant-Colonel Randall, United StatesArmy, commanding at Fort St. Michael, and that Lieutenant-ColonelRandall, with Mr. Shepard, agent of the North American Trading andTransportation Company at Fort Get There, had sent him to assistMr. Tilton to carr
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