22 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



have resided in this vicinity during the past seventeen years. My 

 occupation is that of seaman, and I have hunted seals off Cape Flattery 

 for sixteen years. In 1891 I was a hunter on board the James G. Swan, 

 of Port Townsend. 



William Frazer, having; been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 22 



years of age. I reside in San Francisco. My oc- 



Wm. Frazer, p. 426. cupation is that of a laborer. I have made three 



trips to the Northern Pacific and Bering Sea 



within the last six years. My first trip was on the Charles Wilson, 



of which Capt. Robert Turner was master, and the next was in the Van- 



dcrbilt, and the last was in the G. G. White. 



Q. What is your name, age, residence, and occupation? — A. My 



Edward W. Funeke, p. name is Edward W. Funcke; age, 27; residence, 

 427. at San Francisco; occupation, seal hunter. 



Q. Are you a citizen of the United States ? — A. No; I am not. 



Q. What State are you a resident of? — A. California. 



Q. Have you been engaged in catching seals in the Pacific and Ber- 

 ing Sea, and for how long? — A. For the last five years; yes. 



John Fyfe, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside in 

 San Francisco. My occupation is that of a sealer. 



John Fyfe, p. 429. I made a sealing voyage to the North Pacific and 



Bering Sea on the schooner A lexandcr, of which 

 David McLean was master. I was a boat-puller. 



Nicholi Gadowen, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am second 



chief of the Killisnoo Indians; am 50 years old; 



Nicholi Gadowen, p. 249.born at Killisnoo and have lived there all my 



life; am by occupation a herring fisherman. 



Have never killed a fur seal in my life. * * * I visit the different 



parts of the sound with my tribe when they are making oil. 



Frank M. Gaffney, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 

 31 years old, an American citizen and master of 

 Frank M. Gaffney, p. 430.the schooner Hancock, owned by Lynde & Hough, 

 of San Francisco. I am now, and have been since 

 1879, engaged in fishing and seal hunting. In 1885 I made a voyage to 

 the Galapagos Islands as master of the schooner Dashing Wave, arriv- 

 ing there on the 30th of August and remaining until the 8th day of 

 December of the same year. * * * During the past winter I have 

 made a second voyage "as master of the schooner Hancock to the south- 

 ern waters, in search of seals. * * * I have been sailing to _ the 

 Alaska coast, chietly to the Shumagin Banks, in the codfish trade since 

 187!), and as master of a vessel since 1883. I have made in all some 

 twenty-five or thirty voyages, usually between April and October. 



George, the son of Klotz-klotz, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I 



belong to the Chilcat tribe of Indians and reside 



1 .i G t T { '%{n 0n 9f Eloiz ~ at Chilcat; am about 35 years old. I trade with 



z '' p ' ' the interior Indians and up the coast through 



Lynn Canal, and down the coast as far as Wrangel and Stikeen. Never 



killed a fur-seal in my life. 



