12 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



Charlie, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am a native Nitnat 

 Indian, and belong to the tribe of Indians on Van- 

 Charlie, p. 304. couver Island, British Columbia. I am 55 years 



old and reside at Pachenah Bay, on Vancouver 

 Island, British Columbia. I am, by occupation, a hunter and fisherman, 

 and have been so engaged ever since I have been able to paddle a 

 canoe or spear a fish. I sealed out from Neah Bay in the G. G. Perkins 

 in 1891, and this year I am sailing on James G. Swan. Until the last 

 eight or ten years I sealed out of Pachenah Bay with my tribe in ca- 

 noes. We used to seal in the Straits of Juan de Fuca and up and down 

 the coast from 10 to 20 miles off. Between that time and last year 

 I went sealing from Pachenah and sealed up and down the coast be- 

 tween Columbia River and Barclay Sound, from 20 to GO miles off the 

 coast. I am familiar with all the bays and inlets on the west coast of 

 Vancouver Island. 



Vassili Chichinoff, Timothy Demidoff, Simeon Reisoff, Alamphy Pes- 



tikoff, Prokopy Nankook, Feodore Anutak, Evan 



Vassili ChiohinoffetaL, Grinoff, and Feodore Grinoff, being duly sworn, 



p. 218. depose and say: We are residents of St. Paul, 



Kadiak Island, Alaska, and are natives of Alaska. 



Our occupation is hunting for fur-bearing animals, principally the sea 



otter. 



Ohillta, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is a native 



and resident of Aguis; this year he and friend 



Chillta, p. 308. went out iii canoe for one and a half months, and 



caught 20 seals, picking them up here and there. 



Certifies that evidence given by Dick or Ehenchesut is true. 



Simeon Chin-koo-tin, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 60 

 years old; was born and reside at Sitka, and am, 

 Simeon Chin-koo-tin, p. by occupation, a seal hunter; have been engaged 

 256. in that business since I was a small boy. 



Julius Christiansen, being duly sworn, deposes and saith: I reside at 



„. . . St. Pauls, Kadiak Island, Alaska, and I have 



^Julius Christiansen, p. ^ t]]e Terri tory for the past ten yearg< I am an 



otter-hunter by occupation and the owner of a 

 schooner engaged in that pursuit. 



Peter Church, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at 



Sitka; am 22 years old, and am by occupation a 



Peter Church, p. 257. hunter. Have been engaged in sealing the past 



foui* years in the North Pacific Ocean, always in 



the capacity of a hunter. 



Circus Jim, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am about 35 years 



old, and am a native Makah Indian. I reside on 



Circus Jim, p. 380. the Indian reservation of Neah Bay, in Clallam 



County, State of Washington, United States of 



America. I am by occupation a hunter and fisherman. I have been 



engaged at hunting seals for about seventeen years. In early times 



and until within the last ten years I hunted seals with spears in canoes. 



During the last ten years I have been sealing up and down the coast 



in schooners, but used spears all the time. When we used canoes ex- 



