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as it would have beeu told me by tlie people of other tribes. That's 

 all I have to say. 



Kaskan, his X mark. 



TVitiiess to his mark: 

 Peter Chttrch, 



United States 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 George Shucl-eyah, cousin of head chief of Chilcat Indians. 



pelagic sealing. 



George Shuckeyah, being duly sworn, deposes aud says: I am a cou- 

 sin of the head chief of the Chilcat Indians. Am 30 

 Experience. ycars old. I go up and down the coast from Chilcat 



to Wrang-el aud meet many people belonging- to the dif- 

 ferent tribes of Indians. Have never seen a fur-seal in Chatham 

 Straits, Stevens Passage, or anywhere else in my life, nor have I ever 

 heard of any fnr-seal hauling" out on any of the islands 

 up^r Afli"an1oast! or rocks on any part of the coast of Alaska. And had 

 any ever hauled out I should have ktiown it by being 

 told by the people of the different tribes with whom I come in contact. 

 That is all I have to say. 



his 



George x Shuckeyah. 



mark. 



Witness to his mark: 

 Peter Church, 



United St((tes Interpreter. 

 A. W. Laa^ender. 



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



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Kah-chnclc-tee, chief of Ilncltenoos Indians. 



PELAGIC sealing. 



Kali- chuck-tee, being duly sworn, d«'|)(>ses and says: I am the chief 



of the iluchenoos. 1 am a pretty old man. I don't do 



Experience. anything; am tlie gentleman of my tribe. My tribe 



live by catching herring, from which they make oil, and 



dispose of it to the Indians of other tribes, which come here in large 



numbers. I have visited all the inlets and islands in 



qu^ut^'nllndVaters.^ Chatham Souud and other parts of Alaska as far as 



Sitka and never saw a fur-seal in the inland waters. 



