250 TESTIMONY 



liave lived there all my life; am by occupation a lierring fisherman. 

 Have never killed a fur seal in my life. In the winter 



Experience. i i j. j? .i 



season many years ago pup seals used to frequent the 

 Sound^ ^^ Chatham gouud, driven iu by the heavy southeast gales prevail- 

 ing at that time; but the last four years there has not 

 been a far seal seen in any part of Chatham Sound that I have been 

 able to learn of. I visit the different parts of the sound with my tribe 

 ot 1 nd n ^^^^^^ they are making' oil and have never known any 

 coas*t. °° ''^ '^^ fur seal to haul up on the land or rocks in any part of 

 Alaska that I ever visited, nor have I ever heard of 

 No pelagic birth. ,^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^j bciiig bom iu the water or anywhere else 



in Alaska, and had they ever been born in the water or on the islands 

 or rocks of Afaska some of my tribe would have known it and it would 

 have been reported to me. 1 have nothing more to say. 



his 

 NlCHOLI X GADOWEN. 



mark 



Witness to his mark : 

 Peter Church, 



United States Interpreter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of April, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Albert KectnucTc, trader in oil, etc. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



Albert Keetnuck, being duly sworn, depof-es and says: lam 27 years 



old. Was born and live at Killisnoo, Make herring 



spenence. ^^^^ ^^^^ wood, and gTOw potatocs and turnips. The 



herring oil I make I sell to other Indians, and the potatoes 



and turnips I dispose of to the white men around the sound, and 



sell the wood to the lish company. My business calls me away from 



this iJlace to the different inlets and islands around Chatham Sound, 



and have never seen or heard of fur seal anywhere in the sound. The 



Indians who buy my fish oil belong- to tribes who live long distances 



away. Have never heard them say that they ever saw 



lamf. "°^ ^''''^ "^ ""^ any fur seal hauled out on the islands, rocks, or any 



part of the mainland of Alaska. Had they hauled out 



on any j^lace in Alaska I should have known it myself or would have 



been told of it by the Indians who come long distances to purchase oil 



from me. I have no more to say. 



his 



Albert x Keetnuck. 



■ mark. 



Witness to his mark : 

 Peter Church, 



United States Interpreter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of April, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent, 



