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all along and around the Aleutian Islands as far west as Attu Island, 

 and also along the coast of Siberia as far as Plover Bay. In all those 

 years I have met and talked with hunters, trappers, traders, and miners, 

 whose business called them into Alaskan waters. * * * I have 

 been steward and cook at the company's house for the lessees since 

 1882. 



Imihap, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is 65 years 

 old, and a resident of Aguis. Certifies evidence T . ; „ ft8 



given by Dick or Ehenchesut to be true. ±minap,p. 6m. 



Alferd Irving, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am about 46 

 years old, and am a native Makah Indian, and re- 

 side on the Neak Bay Reservation, State of Alferd Irving, p 386. 

 Washington, United States of America. My oc- 

 cupation is hunting and fishing, and I am one of the headmen of my 

 tribe. I am master and one-half owner of the schooner Mary Parker. 

 I have been engaged in hunting seals ever since I was old enough. 



Q. What is your name, age, residence, and occupation 1 ? — A. My name 

 is Gustave Isaacson; age, 46: residence, San „ 



T-i • •• i . J- ' „i„ Gustave Isaacson, p. 439. 



Francisco; occupation, hunting seals. '■* 



Q. Are you an American citizen ! — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Have you ever been engaged in the business of catching seals in 

 the Pacific or Bering Sea? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. For how long a period? — A. I have been principally occupied in 

 otter hunting at the beginning of the seasons; at short intervals I have 

 been sealing. 



Q. For how many years'? — A. Since 1872; but principally from the 

 other side, the Okhotsch Sea side; since 1884 on this side. 



Q. Have you been master of vessels thus engaged? — A. Yes, sir; 

 for eight years on the Japan side, and one year on this side. 



Ishka, being duly sworn," deposes and says : My age is about 60 

 years. I am a native Indian of the Makah tribe, 

 and reside on the reservation at the Neah Bay ishka,p.SS7. 

 Agency, in the State of Washington, United 

 States of America. I am by occupation a fisherman. I have hunted 

 seals along the coast ever since I was old enough to do so. 



Victor Jacobson, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 31 years 

 of age, by occupation a seal hunter. I reside at 

 Victoria, British Columbia. lam a British sub- Victor JacJcobson, p. 328. 

 ject. Have been engaged in sealing for eleven 



years; ten years as master. Am now master and owner of schooner 

 Mary Mien and owner of schooner Minnie. I have sealed from Colum- 

 bia liiver along the coast, north and west, to the Aleutian Islands, pas- 

 sages, and in Bering Sea. 



Hugo Jaeckel, being duly sworn, says: I am 44 years of age, a citi- 

 izen of the United States, and a resident of the 

 city of New York. I am the present owner of the Hugo Jaeckel, p. 530. 

 business which, since the year 1878, has been car- 

 ried on in the city of New York under the name of Asch & Jaeckel. I 

 have been in the fur business since I was 16 years old, and am now en- 

 gaged in the wholesale manufacture of furs. I do a large business in 

 fur-seal skins, and between 1885 and 1890 annually. 



