30 TESTIMONY 



An examination of the St. Paul record does not show any destructive 



raids upon the ishmd. It is a fact, however, that in 

 Paxiim^nl "° ^^' JiiJy? l^^''^? Prioi' to the beginning- of the record, the 



crew of the schooner San Biegolanded on Otter Island, 

 a small islet 6 miles from St. Paul, and killed and skinned 1,060 seals. 

 She was captured before leaving the island, and both the skins and 

 vessel were condemned to forfeiture by tlie United States court. 



The reports of the superintendent for tlie lessees show that it was 



the custom of the Comi)any's agents on the islands to 

 ^^Patroiiing the rook- frequently patrol the rookeries whenever the weather 



was such that a landing could be effected on them, and 

 to keep watchmen at points distant from the villages, whose special 

 duty it was to report every uiuisual or suspicious occurrence. For this 

 purpose the northeast point of St. Paul Island was connected with the 

 village by telephone in 1880, a distance of 12 miles, and the natives 

 instructed in the use of the instrument. If any raids upon the islands, 

 other than those herein mentioned, had occurred, I am sure they would 

 have been detected and reported to this office. No such reports are on 

 tile. 



Max Heilbronner. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this Otii day of May, A. D. 1892. 

 [SEAL.] Olememt Bennett, 



Notai-y Fuhlic. 



Deposition of H. H. Melntyrc, Kvperiniendent of Alasla seal fnhcries. 



State of California, 



City and County of San Francisco, ss : 



H. H. Mclntyre, liaving been duly sworn, deposes and says: I was 

 superintendent of the seal fisheries of Alaska from 1871 to 1889, inclu- 

 sive. The records above referred to were kept under my direction by 

 my assistants on the respective islands. I was in frequent correspond- 

 ence with these assistants when not personally present and am sure 

 that anything worthy of notice would have been promi)tly reported to 



_ , , me. I believe that those records contain a true acconnt 



Indorses records. r. n n i .• -t ^t • i t t c j_i i i 



of all destructive raids upon the islands, Ii there had 

 been any others I should have heard of them. Every unnsnal occur- 

 rence at any point about the islands was noted by the keen-eyed natives 

 and at once reported to the Company's office, the matter was investi- 

 gated, and a record of it entered in the daily journal. I am confident 

 that the only marauding expedition that ever succeeded in killing more 

 than a few dozen seals each were those of 1875, upon Otter Island, and 

 of 1885 upon St. George Island, the details of which are set fortli by 

 Mr. Heilbronner in the foregoing afiidavit. If there were others of 

 which no record appears, the number of seals killed was comparatively 

 very small and had no appreciable effect upon seal life. 



II. U. MclNTYRE. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this Gth day of May, A. D. 1892- 

 [seal.] Clement Bennivi't, 



Isotary Fuhlic. 



