21G TESTIMONY RELATING TO THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. 



iSLibscribctl and sworu to beloic iiic this L'Stli day of May, 1S92. 



Z. Ij. Tanner, 

 Jjiciitctutitt-ComnuDtd^r, U. 8. Nury 



T, Potcr Shaisliiiikoff", lieroby s\vear that I have faithfidly and truly 

 iiitcrpretod the foit'goiiig afllidavit of Eliah Prokopief. 



Tl^TEK Shaisiinikoff, 



Iiiterprctcr. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of June, 1892. 



Z. L. Tanner, 

 Lieutenant-CommaHder, U. 8. Nary. 



DeposltUm ofFnarct Prol-oj^lef, af/ent and sforel-eeper of AJaslai Commer' 

 cial Co)npanyj on Attu Tshoid^ and fur-hunter. 



Territory of Alaska, 



Attn, Ghiehagof Harhor, Attu Island, Aleutian Chain, ss: 

 Fihiret l*rokoi)ief, a native of Attu Ishiud, Ahiska, 23 years of age, 

 being duly sworn, de])oses and says: I am the agent 

 Exi)eiiouco. and storekeeper at this place for the Alaska Coiuiner- 



cial Oonipany, which position I have held for the last 

 two years. My occupation is that of a hunter, principally for the sea- 

 otter and fox; never for the fur-seal. I used to hunt, before 1 was 

 , . , . ., made ageut, about the Attu, Agattu, aiul the Seiuiclii 



No seals in vicnuty. j^j.^„^|g_ j ,^^,^,^,j. ^.^^^, ^^^^ ^^^^ furSCal ill tllC Watcr. It 



was a young male which was killed in this bay in September of 1884. 



I do not know of any fur-seal rookery or other places 



K o r o ok ory on yy]^^yl^^. f^.. j^eals luiul out on the land to breed or rest in the 



Aleiitiuu Islands. ., ,. t , i , ^i i i i n /■ i i 



Aleutian Islands, nor where the old bull tur-seals si)eiid 

 the winter. I do not know at wliat times or by what rcmtes the seal 



herds move to and from the Bering Sea; have heard 

 lof a"ii(i 'comiuamier old liuiiters Say tlic Ooiiiinander Islands herd use to 

 ^i^t'^- i^ass close to the western shores of these islands on their 



way north. 



Filaret Prokofief. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of May, 1892. 



Z. L. Tanner, 

 Lieutenant- Commander, U. 8. Navy. 



I, Peter Shaishiiiki*!!", hereby swear that I have faithfully and truly 

 interpreted the foregoing aftida\it of Filaret Proi)kopief. 



Peter Siiaisiinikoff, 



Interpreter. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of June, 1892. 



Z. F. Tanner, 

 Lieutenant- Commander^ U. 8. Nary. 



