64 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



sailed on the 28tli. Explorations extended to the Fox Islands Passes, 

 the Sannaks, and to the Shumagin Islands. Called at Sand Point (or 

 Humboldt Harbor), Eagle Harbor, and Yukon Harbor, in the latter 

 group. Resuming the work of exploration, it was carried to Mitrofania 

 Bay, where we called, and thence to Kadiak Island, stopping at Old 

 Harbor and Port Hobron. The extensive banks off the south coast of 

 Kadiak were examined, and a call made at St. Paul, the most important 

 settlement in that region. Leaving the latter place, the work of ex- 

 ploration included the Portlock Bank, and thence to Middleton Island, 

 where a landing was made. Soundings were then carried in the direc- 

 tion of the reported position of the Pamplona Rocks, for which an un- 

 successful search was made. Thence we proceeded to Departure Bay, 

 Puget Sound, the coasts of Washington and Oregon, and to San Fran- 

 cisco, arriving October 21. 



I lett San Francisco on the 21st of May, 1889, and was engaged in 

 deep-sea exploration on the coasts of Oregon and Washington until 

 July 7, then made a trip to southeastern Alaska through the inland 

 passages, visiting Fort Tongass, New Metlakcatlah (Port Chester), 

 Karta Bay, Port Wrangell, Sitka, Pa vlof Harbor, Glacier Bay, Hoon- 

 yah, Chilkat, Chilkoot and Juneau. Returned to Tacoma on July 28, 

 calling at Victoria, Port Townsend and Seattle en route. I sailed for 

 the north on the 5th of May, 1890, via Departure Bay, British Colum- 

 bia, and commenced the examination of the region from the Sannaks to 

 Unimak Pass on the 21st, arriving in Unalaska on the 23d. The work 

 of the season included the exploration of the northern coasts of Una- 

 laska, Unimak, the Alaska Peninsula, and the northern shores of Bris- 

 tol Bay to the Kuskowim River. The Slime Bank and Baird Bank 

 were developed in Bristol Bay. A survey was made of the lower 

 Nushagak River, the entrance to Port Moller, and Herendeen Bay. 

 Deep-sea exploration was extended to 58° 43' north and longitude 175° 

 30' west, passing near the 100-fathom line, 70 miles to the westward of 

 the Pribilofs. Left Bering Sea August 20, arriving in San Francisco 

 September 26, via Departure Bay, Port Townsend, and the Califor- 

 nia coast, where we were engaged in deep sea exploration from the 21st 

 to the 25th. I sailed again for Bering sea July 16, 1891, having on 

 board the United States commissioners to the seal islands. We ar- 

 rived at Unalaska July 25, and were at the Pribilof Islands from the 

 28th to August 10. Left the sea on the 13th of August, and reached 

 San Francisco September 15, via Departure Bay, Esquimalt and 

 Puget Sound. On the 19th day of March, 1892, I sailed from San 

 Francisco for Alaskan waters, via Port Townsend and Seattle. 



The cruise had special reference to the migration of the fur-seal herd 

 and their relation to the localities visited by us; in other w T ords, we 

 were to ascertain whether there were fur-seal rookeries in Cooks Inlet 

 or Prince William Sound, whether they hauled out or attempted to 

 haul out there, or, in fact, anywhere in Alaska outside of the Pribilof 

 Islands. The following places were visited in the order named: Port 

 Graham, with its tributary settlement of Fort Alexander, having a 

 population of 120, all Aleuts except one white man, the agent of the 

 Alaska Commercial Company. The men are hunters. Chesloknu Bay, 

 with its village of Soldovoi, having a mixed population of Aleuts and 

 Kenai Indians, numbering 103, and four white men. The natives are 

 hunters. Coal Point, population 11, all white, occupied in holding 

 possession of coal claims. Some of them, having had many years ex- 

 perience in the Territory, were able to give much valuable testimony. 

 St. Paul, Kadiak, population 380, 65 of whom are white, the remainder 



