THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 17 



Jeff. Davis, being - duly sworn, deposes and says: I am about 24 years 

 of age, and am a native Makah Indian, and reside 

 on the reservation at the Neah Bay Agency, in j e ff Davis, p. 384. 

 the county of Clallam, State of Washington, 



United States of America. I am a hunter and fisherman. Since 1876 

 I have been engaged in hunting seals most of the time in large canoes, 

 each canoe carrying three Indians, who used spears. I sat in the mid- 

 dle of the canoe and was known as the paddler. The one who satin the 

 stern steered the canoe, and the one in the bow was the hunter. * * * 

 I have hunted seals in the Bering Sea for one season only. I went 

 there in the schooner James G. Swan in 1889. 



Joseph Dennis, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I re- 

 side in San Francisco; my occupation has been 

 that of seaman for the last three years. I was Joseph Dennis, p. 418. 

 on the Vanderbilt in 1888, that being the only seal- 

 ing trip I ever made. 



Dick, or Ehenchesut, first being duly sworn, deposes and says : That 

 he is about 40 vears of age. and one of the chiefs 



of the village of Aguis, Barclay Sound; is a na- ZQ % ick > or E ^nehe8ut, p. 

 five of this village, and a resident of the same. 



Hooniah Dick, being duly sworn, deposes and says: Born at Sitka; 

 am about 40 years old. Have been living in Hoo- 

 nah ten years, and am now subchief the Hoonah Hooniah Dick, p. 258. 

 Indians. Have hunted seal for three years from 



Cross Sound to Yakutat. * * * Have traveled from Hoonah to 

 Fort Simpson and north as far as Chilcat through all the channels and 

 sounds in southeastern Alaska, and I come in contact with the people 

 of many tribes of Indians. 



George Dishow, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside at Vic- 

 toria, British Columbia; am by occupation a seal 

 hunter; have been engaged in the business six George Dishoiv, p. 323. 

 years; was on the Triumph, Favorite, Penelope, 



two seasons on the TJmbrina, and one season on the American schooner 

 Walter Rich, hunting seal in the Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, and on the 

 Russian side of the Bering Sea. 



John Dohrn, being duly sworn, deposes and says : That he is a native 

 of Germany, and has been engaged in seal hunting 

 during the present season on the schooner Laoo- j hn Dohrn, p. 259. 

 rador, of Vancouver, British Columbia, in the 

 capacity of boatpuller. 



Richard Dolan, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 55 

 years of age. I reside in San Francisco. I am 

 by occupation a longshoreman. I made a sealing Richard Dolan, p. 418. 

 voyage to the North Pacific and Bering Sea in 

 1885, on the schooner Alexander, of which Capt. McLean was master. 



James Henry Douglass, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am a 

 citizen of the United States. I am, by occupation, 

 a master and pilot of vessels. My residence is Jat. R. Douglass, p. 419. 

 Alameda, Cal. I have had a long experience sail- 

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