TESTIMONY TAKEN IN YAKUTAT BAY. 



Dci)osition of Alwtoo, sealer. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



Akatoo, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at Takutat 

 about thirty years ago; am a liunter by occupation, 

 liiinting sea otter and bear. Have always taken seal 'xponence. 

 with spear and shotgun; never used a rifle. When Logg, „„„e ^j^ii 

 spear was used I lost none, and I lose no seal when 1 spear or shotgun. 

 use the shotgun, for I don't shoot them unless they are 

 close to the boat. Most of the seal killed by me have cowr^'^^'^'^^^'^'' 

 been females with i)up. I shoot all seal that comes 

 near the canoe and use no discrimination, as I can not .^ini^'scrimiimte kiii- 

 distinguish a young bull from a cow in the water. All 

 hunters shoot everything that comes near their boats. -^^^^ bom in water. 

 Never heard of a seal pup being born in the water nor 

 on the land, but have heard they are born on some islands in Bering 

 Sea. In the winter a few pups are driven' into the bay 

 by the storms. Seal are becoming very scarce on the 

 coast and the Indians have hard work killing what few they do. I 

 think the white men should be stopped from killing seal 

 off the coast of Alaska so that they will become plenty san™^'''"'°" '''""'^' 

 again. That is all I know about seal. 



Akatoo, his X mark. 

 Witness to his mark : 

 Peter Chukcii, 



United States Interjweter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 

 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of April, 1892. 



A. W, Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Atenas-Koo, Yalcutat Indian sealer. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



Ateuas-Koo, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am an old man. 

 Was born in Yakutat and am a member of the Yakutat _,^ ^,. 

 tribe of Indians. I have hunted all my life. Have '^p'^^^'^"'^'*. 

 liilled fLU--seals, mostly females with pup, but have ^uh pup idiiLi. ''"*^' 

 never seen or heard of fur-seals hauling up on the land 

 in this part of Alaska, or anywhere else. Never have ou^AinwL"!' °° 

 known fur-seal pups to be born in the water, nor have 

 I ever heard of pups being born in the water or any- i,om^in wite^"^^ ""** 

 where else on Alaska. Have never known of nor have 



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