74 THE DEPONENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



and American side of the North Pacific and Bering Sea, and I can 

 easily distinguish one from the other. 



Wispoo, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am a native Indian 



of the Makah tribe, and reside on the reservation 



Wispoo, p. 396. at Neah Bay. I am about 35 years old, and am 



by occupation a hunter and fisherman. I have 



hunted seals all my life, or since I was old enough to do so. I have 



sealed up and down the coast, between the mouth of the Columbia 



Eiver and the upper end of the Vancouver Island and Barclay Sound. 



I am familiar with the bays aud iulets along the coast. 



John Woodruff, having been duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 21 

 years of age. My occupation is that of a boatman. 



John Woodruff, p. 506. I live in San Francisco. I went on a sealing voy- 

 age last year in the schooner Southerland. 



Michael Wooskoot, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am GO 



years old; born and reside in Sitka, Alaska. 



Michael Wooskoot, p. 2U.Rave been engaged in hunting seal for a great 



many years in the North Pacific Ocean around 



Sitka Sound. 



Yabkah, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at Yaku- 

 tat. I am about 35 years old and belong to the 

 Y(Mah,p. 246. Yakutat tribe of Indians. Am a hunter by occu- 



pation. I go from Tay Bay to Sitka Sound and 

 come in contact with the people of different tribes of Indians. 



Billy Yeltachy, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at 

 Howkan and have lived there all my life; am 

 Billy Yeltachy, p. 302. about 24 years old, and am a hunter by occupa- 

 tion. Have hunted fur-seals the last two years in 

 Dixon's Entrance and around Prince of Wales Island between March 

 and June. 



Hastings Yethnow, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born 



in Kas-aan. Have lived there all my life, and am 



Hastings Yethnoiv, p.302.now 60 years old. Have hunted fur-seal every 



season since I was a boy. Have always hunted 



in Dixon's Entrance and off Prince of Wales Island. 



Alf Yohansen, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I reside in Se- 

 attle; am a hunter by occupation; have hunted 

 Alf. Yohansen, p. 368. seals two seasons; one season on the San Jose, as 

 hunter, and now as hunter on the schooner Ad- 

 venture. 



Paul Young, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at 

 Kasan and am 30 years old. Have lived at Kasan 



Paul Young, p. 292. all my life; am a hunter by occupation; in the 

 spring and early summer I hunt fur-seal in canoe. 



Walter Young, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 1 was born at 



Howkan and have lived there all my life. I have 



Walter Young, p. 303. hunted fur-seal for the past four years. Always 



hunted in Dixon's Entrance and off Prince of 



Wales Island. 



