FISHERY INDUSTRIES. 19 
A detailed statement of the methods of capture of each species and 
the approximate beginning and ending of the fishing season in each 
locality is shown in the table following: 
FisHinG SEASON, APPROXIMATE, AND APPARATUS, AFOGNAK RESERVATION, 1915.4 
Sockeyes. u Fishing season. 
ve UMP*! Cohos, 
Localities. backs, eairigd 
Gilléd. | Seinea | Seed. Began. | Ended. 
MaNhi. te en. Serss 5 tit ab eR estat SS) cd lee st 38,298 | 1,431 |..2.22-- May 29] Aug. 21 
ARAMA O Totes ote eihinia cis rcls aisieic sieraicicisininlamisipioe'= mame Sst VW LORGEE | tO, 102) | 0c oe ee June 2] Aug. 5 
SemlBays be fsst FSa5535 sass bee E LS. Je 8,040 | 17,962 | 8,863 59 | June 1) July 21 
MritilerMlognake 95 Ao. cenicn acne sass aeacces series |[.s one oe 10,702 | 5,393 | 5,876] June 16 | July 12 
TRE Bay. f2 Gat oS isoc Sco o8 SE thd eee eesise. 1,216 | 9,130 }:...-.-- July 15 | Aug. 14 
De Taigei BAIS 6 ps nears aebepeaeEe seas cece Hose ccdaEe Eeae ope 14| 4,075 3 | July 20) Aug. 25 
DG tal@ee cee ts cek aie ncetoeses ceaeeeemere cee 12,457 | 78,803 | 37,494 | 5,938 
a Through inadverterice there were included in the gorrespoar ite table in the report for 1914 (Bureau 
of Fisheries document no. 819), 5 localities, viz, Eagle Harbor, English Bay, Kaluda, Kizhuyak, and Shuyak 
Island, which are not in the Afognak Reservation. 
At the prevailing rates paid for salmon the catch was worth about 
$4,223. 
COMPLAINTS BY NATIVES. 
COPPER RIVER. 
A report was made in 1915 by the United States commissioner at 
Chitina that the Copper River Indians were unable to obtain a supply 
of salmon for their winter needs, and it was requested that the matter 
be given early consideration. An investigation of the situation coy- 
ering the region from Chitina northward was made by Assistant Agent 
Ball in the fall of 1915 and continued by Warden Lyman in the win- 
ter of 1915-16. It was thought that by continuing the investigation 
into the winter season the condition of the natives, so far as it was 
affected by their supply of fish, could be ascertained from actual 
observation at that time. 
The Copper River Valley from Chitina northward has a native 
population of about 300 persons, located principally at Copper Center, 
Chitina, Upper Tonsina, Lower Tonsina, Gulkana, Gakona, and 
Mentasta. There are a few scattered groups elsewhere. Informa- 
tion in regard to the situation was obtained not only from the natives 
themselves but from proprietors of road houses, trappers, fox ranch- 
ers, and settlers. Arthur H. Miller, agent of the Bureau of Education 
at Copper Center, rendered assistance in the collecting of informa- 
tion from the natives. 
No actual suffering on the part of the natives on account of the 
lack of a supply of fish was observed. Evidence as to the mainte- 
nance of the usual supply of fish in the waters of this region in the 
season of 1915 was conflicting. It is believed, however, that the 
