THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 11 



Landis Callapa, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am about 45 

 years old, and am a native Makah Indian. I re- 

 side on the reservation at the Neah Bay Agency, Landis Callapa, p. 379. 

 county of Clallam, State of Washington, United 



Statea of America, and am, by occupation, a hunter and a fisherman. 

 I have been engaged in hunting seals all my life, and have always used 

 the spear, and went in canoes. 



Charles Campbell, captain of the British schooner Umbrina, being 

 duly sworn, deposes and says: Have commanded 

 said schooner the last two years. Have been en- Chaa. Campbell, p. 256. 

 gaged in sealing in the North Pacific Ocean and 

 Bering Sea. 



Ivan Canetak, Michaeler Balashoff, Nicoli Inloo, Sacar Balashoff, 

 Mcoli Nicoli, Sacar Rolyah, and Nicoli Inloo, jr., 

 being duly sworn, depose and say: We reside at Ivan CanetaJcetal., p. 229. 

 the settlement known as Soldo voi, on Cooks Inlet, 



Alaska, and have lived in the immediate neighborhood all our lives. 

 We are, by occupation, hunters of all fur-bearing animals, excepting 

 the fur seal, which we do not hunt because we have been told it is un- 

 lawful. 



John C. Cantwell, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 

 a second lieutenant in the United States Reve- 

 nue-Marine Service. I have been on duty in Jno.C. Cantwell, p. 407. 

 Bering Sea during the summer months of the 



years 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1891, and have frequently been on shore at 

 the Pribilof Islands and in the waters adjacent thereto; have always 

 made it a careful study and paid particular attention to the number of. 

 seal, both on the Pribilof Islands and in the waters of Bering Sea. 

 Whenever opportunity afforded have visited the rookeries for the pur- 

 pose of photographing and sketching the animals and studying their 

 habits, numbers, etc. I have boarded a large number of vessels fitted 

 out as sealers and engaged in sealing, and have conversed with their 

 masters and crews on the subject of pelagic sealing. 



James L. Carthcut, being duly sworn, deposes and says : I am 79 

 years of age. I reside in the city and county of 

 San Francisco. My occupation is that of a mas- jas.L. Carthcut, p. 409. 

 ter mariner. I was engaged in hunting the fur 



seals in the North Pacific in 1877 to 1887, and during the latter part of 

 the time in Bering Sea. 



Chakatt, being first duly sworn, deposes and 

 says: That he is 05 years of age and a resident of Chakatt, p. 307. 

 Aguis; certifies evidence given by Dick or Ehen- 

 chesut to be true. 



Charles Challall, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside in San 

 Francisco; my occupation is that of a sailor; I 

 have been sealing up the coast and in Bering Sea Chas. Challall, p. 410. 

 three seasons, commencing in 1888 and ending in 



1890; in 1888 I went on the Vanderbilt; we did not go into the Bering 

 Sea that year; in 1889 I went on the White, and in 1890 I went on the 

 Hamilton; they were all sealers. 



