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The patrol boat Colfax operated off the coast of Oregon and Wash- 

 ington from March 5 to March 23. The Onondaga, beginning April 5, 

 patrolled from the mouth of Columbia River to Dixon Entrance until 

 the herd had passed. The Tallapoosa took up the patrol at Dixon 

 Entrance on April 15 and operated as far west as Kodiak Island until 

 April 30. From May 1 to 15 the TaZ/a^^oosa patrolled in the area from 

 Kodiak Island to Unimak Pass. 



The Tahoe, accompanied by the patrol boats Aurora and Calypso, 

 sailed from San Francisco on April 10 for Unalaska, and was joined in 

 Alaska by the patrol boat Ale7t. The Aurora and Calypso, operating 

 from the Unalaska base, patrolled the waters of Bering Sea until July 

 15, when they were relieved by the patrol boats Daphne and Atalanta, 

 which continued on patrol until the close of the season on October 1. 

 The Chelan also was based at Unalaska during the greater part of the 

 season. 



The Northland left San Francisco on May 5 on its annual cruise 

 to the Arctic Ocean and patrolled in Bering Sea and adjacent waters 

 while en route. 



BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Two vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries were assigned to patrol the 

 waters off the northwest coast of the State of Washington and in 

 the vicinity of Sitka, Alaska, where sealing operations by native 

 Indians are concentrated. The Brant, with base at Neah Bay, 

 patrolled in the vicinity of Cape Flattery from April 9 until May 

 11. The Scoter maintained a patrol in the vicinity of Sitka from April 

 20 to May 27. 



A representative of the Bureau of Fisheries was again on duty at 

 La Push, Wash., to secure compliance with the treaty provisions 

 which prohibit the use of firearms or motorboats in the taking of 

 fur seals by aborigines. The stomachs of fur seals Idlled by the 

 Indians of La Push and Sitka were collected and preserved to pro- 

 vide information as to their food when in these waters. 



SEALING PRIVILEGES ACCORDED ABORIGINES 



In accordance with the privilege granted them by article IV of the 

 North Pacific Sealing Convention of July 7, 1911, Indians dwelling on 

 the coasts of Washington, Alaska, and British Columbia carried on 

 pelagic sealing by primitive methods. During the 1935 season there 

 were taken and duly authenticated by officials of the respective Gov- 

 ernments 975 fur-seal skins, of which 134 were taken by Indians 

 under the jurisdiction of the United States and 841 by Indians of 

 Canada. The details are as follows: 



Washington. — Seventy-five sealskins taken by Indians of Washing- 

 ton were authenticated. Of these, 9 were from male seals and 66 

 from females. The skins were taken by Indians of La Push and 

 Neah Bay in the months from »January to May, inclusive, and were 

 authenticated by A. M. Rafn, special agent of the Bureau, and by 

 N. O. Nicholson, superintendent of the Taholah Indian Agency, 

 Hoquiam, Wash. 



^fos^a.— Fifty-nine sealskins taken by natives of Sitka were 

 authenticated by Warden Donald S. Haley. Of these skins, 26 were 

 from male seals and 33 from females. The seals were taken in the 

 waters off Biorka Island in the month of May. 



