24 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



Gonastut, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 30 years old. 



I was born at Kodiak and live at Yakutat and 

 Gonastut, p. 238. belong to tlie Yakutat tribe of Indians. Am a 



hunter by occupation. Have killed a few fur-seal. 



James Gondowen, being duly sworn, deposes and says: Am 30 years 

 old; born at Killisnoo and reside at Sitka. Am 

 Jas. Gondowen, p. 259. by occupation a hunter, hunting seal every sum- 

 mer and deer every winter since I was a small boy. 

 Hunted one season on schooner Sitka. Have hunted seal between 

 Sitka and Cross Sounds. 



Kassian Gorloi, a native and resident of Atka, 56 years of age, be- 

 ing duly sworn, deposes and says : I am chief of 

 Kassian Gorloi, p. 212. the native settlement at Atka, and have lived on 

 this and neighboring islands all my life. I am a 

 hunter of sea-otter and foxes by occupation, and have never hunted the 

 fur-seal as a regular thing. 



George Grady, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 28 



years of age. I reside in San Francisco. My 



Geo. Grady, #.433. occupation is that of cook on board of vessels. I 



went to the Bering Sea in 1889 upon the Laura, 



from Victoria, as a cook. 



E. M. Greenleaf, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I have resided 

 in Victoria, British Columbia, since 1884. My 

 E. M. Greenleaf ,p. 324. occupation is that of a seafaring man and have a 

 commission as master mariner. Was shipping 

 agent in this port for three years. In 1891 I went on a settling cruise 

 as master of the schooner Mountain Chief. * * * I was interested 

 in the schooner Sarah W. Runt, that made a voyage from New York 

 to the South Atlantic in 1882-'83 on a sealing venture. * * * Since 

 then I have been interested in the sealing business, and am well ac- 

 quainted with it, and the men engaged in it and the methods they em- 

 ploy. I am acquainted with the hunters and masters who sail from 

 this port, and board all incoming and outgoing vessels of that class. 



Kicoli Gregoroff, Peter Adungan, Pavel Shimeakin, Anton Kalishni- 

 koff, Avakoon Kalisknikoff, Miron Aliman, Ti- 

 p.234 GregoroffetaL > mofe Chayha, Afanasse Malick, Marka Koosche, 

 Giorgi Agooklook, Gregory Aogay, Makar, Choo- 

 movitsky, Yakoff Abakoo, and Evan Choomovitsky, being duly sworn, 

 depose and say: We are natives of Alaska, and reside at Port Etches, 

 Prince William Sound, Alaska, and have lived in the Territory all of 

 our lives. We are hunters of fur-bearing animals, and are well ac- 

 quainted with the coast line of this region. 



Arthur Griffin, being duly sworn, deposes and says: My age is 24 

 years, and am by occupation a seafaring man and 

 Arthur Griffin, p. 325. reside at Victoria, British Columbia. On Febru- 

 ary 11, 1889, I sailed from Victoria, as a boat-pul- 

 ler, on the sealing schooner A rid. * * * On January 10,1890,1 

 sailed from Victoria as a boat-steerer in the schooner Sea IJon. * * * 

 1 went out sealing again the same year on the E. B. Marvin. * » * 

 I shipped I 



