54 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



ing season, having my headquarters on the island of St. Paul, and visit- 

 ing the smaller island of St. George each season, and with my assistants 

 personally superintended the catch of seals and the count and shipment 

 of skins in every instance. During every sealing season, from the be- 

 ginning to the end, I made it my special business to personally visit 

 and inspect the breeding rookeries and the hauling grounds trom time 

 to time with a view to informing myself accurately as to their real con- 

 dition, especially as to numbers, habits and habitat. 



Will Parker, being duly sworn, deposes and says: My age is 40 years, 



residence and citizen of Victoria, British Colnrn- 



Jl 'ill Parker, p. 342. bia; occupation, hunter. I went sealing in 1890 



in the Walter Rich. * * * In 1880 I sailed as 



hunter in the British steamer Ariel. * * * In 1888 I sailed as 



hunter and interpreter in the British schooner Alfred Adams. * * * 



In 18S7 I sailed from Victoria as hunter and interpreter in the British 



schooner Ada. * * * In 1881 and 1883 I sailed as cook on the 



British schooner Thornton. * * * In 1882 and 1881 I sailed as cook 



in the British schooner Onward. 



Wilson Parker, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am a native 

 Makah Indian ami live on the reservation at ISeah 

 Wilson Parker, p. 391. Bay, State of Washington, United States of 

 America, and am by occupation a hunter and fish- 

 erman. I have been engaged in seal-hunting lor about eighteen years; 

 the first eight or ten years I used to go as a steerer-manin large cauoes, 

 three men in a canoe, and the Indians in the canoe used spears. We 

 hunted 10 or 15 miles offshore and about the same distance north and 

 south of Cape Flattery. 



Charles Peterson, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 30 



years old and am by occupation a seafaring man; 



Charles Peterson, p. 345. my residence is Victoria, British Columbia. In 



April, 1880, I went seal-hunting from Victoria in 



the schooner Mo un tain Chief. * * * In the spring of 1887 I went on 



a sealing voyage from Victoria, as a boat-puller, in the schooner Alfred 



Adams. * * * In April, 1890, 1 went sealing in the Minnie * * * 



In January, 1891, I left Victoria on a sealing voyage in the schooner 



Minnie. 



Chestoqua Peterson,- being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 24. 



years of age, and am the son of Peter Brown, the 



^Chestoqua Peterson, P . chief ))f the Makall Indians. I reside at Keali 



Bay, Clallam Comity, State of Washington, United 

 States of America. 1 am by occupation a clerk in the trader's store 

 here, and 1 speak the English language well, and can interpret the 

 Chinook and Indian languages. During the last eight years I have 

 been engaged in baying and handling seal furs for my employer at ISeah 

 Bay. 



Johu J. Phelan, being duly sworn, says: I am 35 years of age, a cit- 

 izen of the United States and a resident of Albany, 

 John J. Phelan, p. 518. in the State of New York, At the age of 11 I 

 entered the service of Mr. George C. Tread well, 

 a wholesale furrier of Albany. I remained with him until the time of 

 his death, and have since been in the employ of his son, Mr. George H. 



