238 TESTIMONY 



I seen any fur-seal in tlie waters of Disenchantment 



Bay or any otlier inlet in this part of Alaska. They do ^.^^^s^^''" 



not frequent these places. That is all I have got to 



say. 



Witness to his mark: 

 Peter Chitrcit, 



United States Inierpreter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Atenas-Kuo, his X mark. 



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



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Gonastut, Yalcutat Indian sealer. 



PELAGIC SEALING — DECREASE. 



Gonastnt, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 30 years old. I 

 was born at Kodiak and live at Yakutat and belong 



xpenence. ^^ ^^^^ Yakutat tribe of Indians. Am a hunter by oc- 



_^indiscnmin.atokiii- cupatiou. HavB killed a few fur-seal. I kill every- 

 '°^' thing that comes near the boat and use no discrimina- 



tion, as the sex can not be told in the water, except it be an old bull, 

 which is told by its size. Have used shotgun and riile in taking seal. 

 I lose about 50 j)er cent when I use the shotgun, and more are lost 

 when rifle is used. I always shoot them in the head when possible, 

 , , but if not possible I shoot them in any part of the body 



Do not haul up ex- , , , . i t i i j? i j. 



cept on Pribiiof Is- that IS exposed. I liave never known any fur-seal to 



iaj"is. haul up on the land in any part of Alaska, except on 



No pelagic birth. fj^e Pribilof Islaiuls. Never have heard of any pup 



seals being born in the water. Have never seen any fur- seal in the 



inland waters of southern Alaska, but have heard of pups being seen 



in the bays during the prevalence of storms on the coast in winter time. 



Seal are becoming very scarce this last three or four 



Decrease. years, and Lidian hunters can hardly kill them now. 



Too many schooners are hunting seal and Indian hunters have to go a 



long way in their canues in (trder to get any, and they 



Protection. seldom kill one. Seal will soon be no more unless the 



Great Father stops the schooners from hunting. That is all I have got 



to say. 



GONASTUT, his x mark. 



Witness to his mark: 

 Peter Church, 



United States Interpreter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me tliis ISth day of April, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasurij Agent. 



