FESTIMONY TAKEN AMONG NATIVES ON OR NEAR LYNN 

 CANAL AND CHATHAM SOUND. 



Deposition of George, the son of Klotz-ldotz, Chilcat Indian trader. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



George, the ?on of Klotz-klotz, being- duly sworn, deposes and says: 

 I belong to the Chilcat tribe of Indians and reside at Chilcafc; am about 

 35 years old. I trade with the interior Indians and up 

 the coast through Lynn Canal, and down the coast as Experience. 

 far as Wrangel and Stikeen. Kever killed a fur-seal do not haul up on 

 in my life. Have never heard of fur-seal hauling upon Alaskan lami. 

 any land in Alaska, nor have I ever heard of seal pups ^^ peia<no birth 

 being born in the water or on the coast of Alaska. In 

 my dealings with the peo])le of other tribes with whom I come in con- 

 tact they would have told me had they known of any fur-seal having 

 hauled up on any part of the Alaskan coast visited by them. Know 

 nothing more about seals. 



his 



George x Klotz-klotz. 



mark. 



Witness to his mark: 

 Peter Church, 



United tStates Interpreter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of April, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Ka si- an, Chilcat Indian trader. 

 PELAGIC SEALING. 



Kaskan, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I belong to the Chil- 

 cat tribe of Indians. I have traded with other tribes 

 up Lynn Canal and as far north as the Yukon Iviver, Experience. 

 and down the coast as far as Wrangel. Have never 

 killed or seen a ftir-seal in my life, nor have I ever Fur seal do not fre- 

 heard of any fur seal having been seen in the inland ^^■^^^tJ^J^'^d Alaskan 

 waters of Alaska where I have traveled. Had any 

 fur-seal been hauled up on the land in any inlet around ^^ ^^^ j^^^^^j ^^ 

 Chatham Straits, Stevens Passage, or any of the wa- laud. 

 ters of southeastern Alaska, I would have known of it, 



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