72 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1915, 
panied by bills of lading, which have been placed on board by responsible officials of 
the Department of Commerce or specifically ordered by proper authority. Command- 
ing officers are expected to assure themselves of the contents of all packages for the 
seal islands received on board or taken ashore from their vessels, and will permit no 
packages containing unauthorized articles to leave the ship. They will also forbid 
the giving of alcoholic liquor to natives who may visit their ships. The agents will 
take proper precaution against the unauthorized landing of liquor from merchant or 
other privately owned vessels which may visit the islands and against the obtainment 
of liquor thereon by the natives. 
Wiiu1aAM ©, REepFrecp, 
Secretary. 
NATIVES OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 
The native inhabitants of the Pribilof Islands consist of the inter- 
mixture of Aleuts, taken there in the days of Russian control, with 
peoples of Russian and other nationalities. Few, if any, to-day are 
of pure Aleut blood. Socially, these people have but little inter- 
course with the outside world. A few leave the islands from time to 
time to take up their abode elsewhere and occasionally a bride is in- 
troduced from some other Alaskan community. Some make occa- 
sional visits to Unalaska. A number of the older children go from 
time to time to the Salem Indian Training School at Chemawa, Oreg. 
SUPPORT. 
Opportunities presented to the people for making a living are ex- 
tremely limited. Formerly their chief occupation was the taking of 
fur-seal skins, and after the islands were leased in 1870 this work 
secured to them a comfortable living. With the falling off in the 
take of skins it became necessary for the Government to make appro- 
priations for their support. The present appropriations for the 
Alaska service of the Bureau of Fisheries provide funds for the fur- 
nishing of food, fuel, clothing, and other necessities of life for the 
natives; provision is made also for a number of employees whose 
services are very largely taken up with their care, namely, two phy- 
sicians, three school-teachers, and one storekeeper. In addition the 
agent and caretaker on both St. Paul and St. George Islands gives 
considerable attention to matters of a supervisory character. 
In exchange for the supplies furnished the natives by the Govern- 
ment they are expected to perform such services as may be required. 
The work consists principally in taking and preserving seal and fox 
skins and caring for and maintaining the Government property on 
the islands. 
HEALTH. 
The isolation.of St. Paul and St. George Islands makes it necessary 
for the Government to employ a physician for each island and to 
provide medicine and equipment suitable for the resident communi- 
ties. A special effort was made to meet more fully the needs of the 
