TREASURY LIST OF RAIDS. 



certificate of authentication. 



United States of America, 



Treasury Department, July 27, 1892. 

 Pursuant to section 882 of the Eevised Statutes, I hereby certify 

 tliat the annexed memoranda concerninf]^ raids on tlie seal islands of 

 Alaslva compiled from the records of this Department are correct. 



In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal 

 of the Treasury Deijartment to be affixed, on the day and year first 

 above written. 

 [l. s.] Charles Foster, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 



At the request of the Secretary of State an examination of the 

 archives of the Treasury Department has been made in order to deter- 

 mine the number and extent of illegal killing- of fur-seals on the Pribi- 

 lof Islands, in Bering Sea, by unauthorized persons. Such examination 

 shows the following raids have been reported by the officials of this 

 Department, in charge of said islands, since 1870: 



1. On the first and second days of September, 1874, the schooner 

 Cygnet landed some men on a rookery on St. George Island or Otter 

 Island and killed 34 seals. 



2. In 1875 the schooner San Diego raided the ''hauling ground" on 

 Otter Island and was seized by the officials at San Francisco, Cal., with 

 about 1,000 skins. 



3. During October, 1881, the schooner Otter raided St. George Island 

 rookeries and obtained 145 skins. 



4. The schooner Adele, in the autumn of 1884, was captured by Lieu- 

 tenant Leutza, of the Revenue Marine, killing seals on one of the rook- 

 eries. 



5. In June, 1885, the crew of an unknown vessel landed on the rook- 

 eries and killed over 500 seals before being detected and driven oft". 



0. July 20, 1885, evidences of a raid were found under the clift's on 

 St. George Island, but the vessel and number of skins obtained are un- 

 known. It was estimated the number of seals killed were 600 or 700. 



7. The schooner San Diego, which was seized in July, 188(>, by Cap- 

 tain Abbey, had some skins of young pups on board, which had been 

 clubbed, showing that the vessel had raided one of the rookeries. 



8. August 8, 1886, a small number of seals were clubbed on a rookery 

 on St. George Island by unknown parties. 



9. In July, 1887, the schooner Angel Dolly raided a rookery on St. 

 George Island and was subsequently seized by the Treasury Agent in 

 charge of said island with 170 skins on board. 



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