TAKEN NEAR CHATHAM SOUND. 251 



Deposition of George Ketwooschish, ThlinTcet Indian fisherman. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



George Ketwooscliish, being duly sworn, deposes and says: Am 30 

 years of age. Boru in and have lived at Killisnoo all my life. Belong 

 to the Thlinket tribe of Indians. I am a herring tish- Exierience 

 erman by occupation. I make heriing oil which I ^penence. 

 sell to tiie peo])le of other tribes along the coast. They come a 

 long distance to buy it of me. I visit all the islands and rocks 

 in following my business, in Chatham Sound, and have ^^ , ^ 



, '^ , S ^ " ^. 1 • I. jy J.-1 Seals (1 o not fre- 



never been able to see a lur seal m any part of the quent waters of se. 

 waters of soutlieastern Alaska in my life. Have never ^las^a. 

 heard of any seal being in the waters nor on the land or rocks off or on 

 the coast of southeastern Alaska. Have never heard „ , • i • ,i, 



-.- • ,-, , 1 T ,-, No pelagic birth. 



of pups bemg born m the water anywhere along the 

 coast of Alaska in my life. Following my occupation, the people of 

 other tribes come a very long distance to buy of me the oil which I 

 make. Had there ever been any seal hauled out on any part of the 

 Alaskan coast it would have been told to me by these i)eople who come 

 to my home to buy oil. That's all I have to say. 



his 



George x Ketwooschish. 



mark. 



Witness to his mark : 

 Peter Church, 



United States Interpreter, 

 A. W. Lavender. 



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



A. W. Lavender, 



United States Treasury Agent, 



Deposition of KonJwnal, native Killisnoo fisherman, 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



Konkonal, being duly sworn, deposes and says : I am one of the head- 

 men of the tribe of Neltuskin village. Am GO years of age. Was born 

 at and have lived at Killisnoo all my life. Have always 

 made it my business to catch herring and make oil, ^penence. 

 which I have disposed of to Indians of other tribes, who come a long 

 distance to buy it. I have never seen or heard of any 

 fur seal being in the inland waters around Chatham ^ateig.^^^^ ^"^ ^uua 

 Sound or any other place in Alaska. Nor have I ever 

 heard of any seal being hauled up on any of the Do not haul up on 

 islands or on the coast of southeastern Alaska. Had 

 any seal hauled up on the land or islands of southeastern Alaska I 

 would have known it by hearing the Indians from other tribes talking 

 about it who came to buy oil. That is all I have to say. 



Konkonal, his x mark. 

 Witness to his mark: 



Peteu Church, 



United States Interpreter, 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this ]3tli day of April, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



