THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 27 



Jacob Hartlisnuk, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born 

 at and have lived in Yakntat all my life. I belong 

 to the Yakntat tribe of Indians. I am now a very Jacob Hartlisnuk, p. 239. 

 old m au. I am by occupation a hunter. I have 

 hunted sea-otter, but have never killed a fur-seal in my life. * * * 

 I have traveled from Icy Bay to Sitka Sound, and met many Indians 

 belonging to other tribes. 



Sam Hayikahtla, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at 

 Yakutat, and have lived there all my life, Am 

 49 years old. Have been hunting all my lite. Sam Hayikahtla, p. 23b. 



Capt. J. M. Hays, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside in 

 San Francisco, and am by occupation master of a 

 vessel. Have been in the employ of the Alaska j. m. Bays, p. 26. 

 Commercial Company since 1881, and in the dis- 

 charge of my duties have visited annually, with one exception, thb dif- 

 ferent trading posts on the islands of the Aleutian Archipelago, and 

 on the Alaskan coast in the Bering Sea, as far north as St. Mich i els, 

 and prior to 1890 I went annually to the seal islands in Bering Sea, 

 and frequently visited the seal rookeries on the same. * * * I am 

 not now, nor never have been in the employ of the present lessees of 

 the seal islands. 



Charley Hayuks, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is a 

 resident of this village and is chief of police of 

 same. He certifies that the evidence given by Charley Hayuks, p. 312. 

 Weckenunesch is correct. * * * [Charley 

 Hayuks understands and -speaks English fairly well.] 



James Hay ward, being duly sworn, deposes and says: My age is 32 

 years; I reside at Victoria, British Columbia; oc- 

 cupation, seaman. I went on a sealing voyage James Hayward, p. 327. 

 in 1887 as boat-steerer on the American schooner 

 Vanderbilt. * * * In 1888 I went in the American schooner Clias. 

 J). Wilson * * * as boat-steerer. * * * In 1890 I went in an 

 American schooner (I can not give her name) as boat-steerer. * * * 

 In 1891 1 went as boat-steerer in the American schooner City of San 

 Diego. 



Capt. M. A. Healy, having been duly sworn, deposes and says; I am 

 a citizen of the United States. I am now and 

 have been for the last twenty-five years an officer M. A. Healy, p.2l. 

 in the United States Revenue Marine Service, and 



have been on duty nearly all the time in the waters of the North Pacific, 

 Bering and Arctic Seas. For the past six years I have been in com- 

 mand of the United States revenue steamer Bear, prior to which time 

 I had command of the United States revenue steamer Corwin for six 

 years; both of which vessels were employed almost exclusively in navi- 

 gating the waters of Bering Sea, guarding the seal islands, and pro- 

 tecting the seals found in those waters from destruction by poaching 

 vessels engaged in what is known as pelagic sealing. My first voyage 

 was made to the seal islands in 1869, and I have cruised annually for 

 the last twelve years in the Alaskan waters about the Pribilof Islands 

 up to the present time. My official position and the character of my 



