TAKEN IN YAKUTAT BAY. 239 



Bcpositkm of Jacob Hai'tlisind; Yalutat Indian hunter. 

 PELAGIC SEALING. 



Jacob Ilaitli-sinik, bein^' duly vsworn, deposes and says: I was born 

 at and have lived in Yakntat all my life. I belong to the Yakiitat 

 tribe of Indians. I am now a very old man. I am by occupation a 

 liunter. I have hunted sea-otter, but have never killed 

 a fur-seal in my life. Never have known of a fur- No pelagic birth 

 seal pup being born in the water or anywhere else '"^^™' 

 in Alaska, nor have I ever heard of fur-seal being 

 hauled out on the land in Alaska. I have traveled coS."°* ^''"^ ""^ °° 

 from Icy Bay to Sitka Sound and meet many Indians 

 belonging to other tribes of Indians, and they never have told me that 

 they had ever seen any fur-seal hauled out on the coast of Alaska or on 

 any of the rocks adjacent thereto. I have have heard 

 that fur-seal do haul out, and that the pups are bonfou isiLd™'^ "" 

 born on the Pribilof Islands. It is reported to me by 

 Indians who hunt fur-seal that they are becoming very Decrease. 

 scarce. They have noticed decrease in the last four 

 years. I think if the schooners were prohibited from Protectiou. 

 sealing they would become plentiful on this coast again. That is all I 

 have to say. 



his 



. Jacob x IIaktlisnuk. 



mai-k. 



Witness to his mark : 

 Peter Church, 



United States Interiweter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of April, 18013. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United tStatcs Treasury Agent. 



Dcjmsition of Sam Hayikalitla, hunter. 



pelagic sealing. 



Sam Hayikahtla, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I was born at 

 Yakutat, and have lived there all my life. Am 49 years old. Have 

 been hunting all my life. Never heard of any fur-seals being hauled 

 up on the laud on any part of the coast of Alaska 

 where I have traveled. Nor have I ever heard of pujjs no pelagic birth. 

 being born in the water, or on the land in any part of 

 Alaska, except on the Pribilof Islands in Bering Sea. I travel from 

 Icy Bay to Sitka, and have never heard Indians of other j^,^^^^^^, ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ 

 tribes say that they had seen fur seals hauled out on seais^ born ''L wate"^ 

 the land, nor have I ever heard them say that pups "n^'coast""^^ '"'"^ ""' 

 were born in the water. Fur-seal are getting very 

 scarce along this coast and Indian fur-seal hunters have decrease. 



freat trouble in getting any now, while in former years they got plenty, 

 f the Great Father does not stop schooners from hunt- protection 

 ing seal ah)ng the coast of Alaska and in Bering Sea, 



