252 TESTIMONY 



JDcimsition of Billy Kah lioo^ irader in oil and fisherman. 



PELAGrIC SEALING. 



Billy IsTali-lioo, being- duly sworn, deposes and says: I am about 35 

 . years old. Was born at and reside at Killisnoo all my 



xpeiieme. 'j.^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ occupatlon a lierriiig' lisLerman and oil 



maker, wliicb oil I sell to other tribes of Indians. L have vis- 

 ited all the islands between here and Sitka and in other parts 

 of the sound, and have never seen any fur seal in the waters in my 

 , . , . ■ ^ life. Never heard of any fur seal pup beino- born in the 



No pelagic birth. , , ,-1 i ^ jl i i t 



Do not haul up on Water, uor have I heard of any fur seal hauling up on 

 '""'^- the land or i.slands in southeastern Alaska. or anywhere 



else. Had i)ups been born in the water or seals hauled up on the land 

 on any part of the coast it would certainly be known to the Indians 

 and 1 would have heard of it. I have nothing more to say. 



his 



Billy x Nah-hoo. 



^^ mark. 



Witness to his mark: 

 Peter Church, 



United tSfates 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 Kesth Riley, laborer, fisherman, trader. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



Kesth liiley, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 40 years old; 

 born and reside at Killisnoo. Am now working for the 

 jh:sperionce. wliite meii in summer and catching herring for making 



oil in the winter. Sell the oil to the other tribes of In- 

 dians. I have visited the different islands in the 

 No pelagic biith. ^q^uj^j^ r^,^(j ucver kticw any far-seal to be born in the 

 water or on any of the islands in southeastern Alaska. If any seal had 

 hauled u]» on anyof the islands in southeastern Alaska, 

 ^ Do not h;uii upon j gUould luivc kuowii it. They would certaitdy have 

 been seen by some Indians, and they would have re- 

 ported it to all. Have never seen a fur-seal in Chafham Sound or any 

 of the inlets off' the sound in my life. Have got no more to say. 



his 



Kesth x Kiley. 



mark. 



Witness to his mark: 

 Peter Church, 



United iStates Interpreter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



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



A. W. Lavender, 

 United IStates Treasury Agent 



