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N'or have I ever heard of a fur-seal being seen in tlie inland waters. 



Have never heard of any fur-seal being hauled u]) on 



theland or roeks on or off the coast of Alaska. Had fur- p„^JJ""* ''""^ "^ "" 



seal been hauled uj) on the main coast or islands of 



Alaska I should have known it, as the news would have been brought 



to me by the Indians of different tribes who come to purchase oil irom 



my people. I have no more to say. 



Kah-chuck-tee, his x mark. 

 Witness to his mark : 

 Peter Church, 



United States Litcrpretcr. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me tliis 12th day of April, 1S02. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United tSfates Treuaury Agent. 



Deposition of Toodays Charlie, KiUisnoo herring Jisherman. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



Toodays Charlie, being duly sworn, de])oses and says: I am r)0 years 

 old. I belong to the band of Killisnoo Indians and 

 was born at and have lived in Killisnoo all my life. Experience. 

 Am by occupation a herring fisherman. I visit all the 

 islands and inlets around Chatham Sound in following my occupation of 

 making oil from the berring which I catch. Have never 

 seen a fur-seal in the inland waters in my life, nor did I seSiriulInd watl'l! 

 ever hear of any beingintheislandwaters. Havenever 

 heard nor do I believe there ever was any pups born 

 in the Avater nor any seals hauled up on anyx>art of the la^rbirth'^"^ ^^'^^^' 

 coast of Alaska or on the islands adjacent thereto. 

 Had any fur-seal hauled up it would have become known to the Indians 

 and I would have heard it, for I sell oil to all the tribes of Indians in 

 southeastern Alaska, and they would have told me had they ever 

 known or heard of there being a fur-seal rookery at any jilace along 

 the coast. This is all I have got to say. 



his 



Toi)DAY8 X Charlie. 



mark. 



Witness to his mark : 

 Peter Church, 



United States Interpreter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sw<n'n to before me this 12th day of April, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of KichoJi Gadoivcn, Indian. 

 PELAGIC SEALING. 



Nicholi Gadowen, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am second 

 chief of the Killisnoo Indians; am 50 years oldj born at Killisnoo and 



