1.--REP0RT UPON THE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE U. S. FISH 

 COMMISSION STEAMER ALBATROSS FROM JULY 1, 1889, TO 

 JUNE 30, 1891- 



By Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. .S. Navy, Commanding. 



THE FISCAL YEAR 1889-90. 

 SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, JULY, 1889. 



The Albatross was at Departure Bay, B. (J., July 1, 1889, coaling 

 ship, ])reparatory to a trip to soiitlieasteru Alaska with several mem- 

 bers of the Comiiiittee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate. 

 On July 3 she proceeded to Victoria for supplies, and on the 4th to 

 Port Townsend, Wash., where Caiit. J. W. Keen, an Alaskan i)ilot, was 

 engaged for the cruise. We were joined at Tacoma, on the 8th, by 

 Senators 11. L. Dawes, F. B. Stockbridge, C. F. Manderson, and J. K. 

 Jones, together ^vith several officers of the Senate and their attendants. 

 The steamer left Tacoma the same day, and after touching at Port 

 Townsend for mail proceeded northward through the inland passage. 

 Night anchorages were made at Carter Bay and Cardeua Bay on 

 account of fog and tides, but no other stops were made nntil Fort 

 Tongas was reached on the morning of the 11th. The senatorial com- 

 mittee landed, but, finding the place abandoned, soon returned on board, 

 and we left for Port Chester, where we arrived the same evening. 

 Tliis beautiful bay lies on the west side of Annette Island and affords 

 a secure harbor- for all classes of vessels. The region has attracted 

 much attention recently from having been selected as the site of the 

 New Metlahcatlah, the homeof Eev. Mr. Duncan's colony of Indians. 



Mr. Duncan's labors among the Indians of British Columbia com- 

 menced about thirty years ago, and through his efforts a flourishing 

 community had grown up at what is now called Old Metlahcatlah, near 

 Port Simpson, B. C. The people were housed in comfortable cottages; 

 churches and schools were in a flourishing condition; various indus- 

 tries were successfully prosecuted; and it was, in fact, considered the 



NOTK.— All bearings are. magnetic unless otberwiac stated, and depths are ex- 

 pressed in fathojus. 



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