254 TESTIMONY TAKEN NEAR CHATHAM SOUND. 



Deposition of Tchet-Ghali^ her ri tig -fisher and icood-choppcr. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



Tcliet-Chak, being duly sworn, deposes and says: Was born at Kil- 



lisnoo and have lived here all my life. Am now a very 



Experieuce. old man. My occupation is that of a herring-Usher and 



wood-chopper. Have visited all the islands and inlets 



in Chatham Sound and other parts of southeastern Alaska, Have 



, never seen fur-seal in the inland waters, nor have I 



Is ever seen seala . i ,• -i • -i i ti ii- 



in inland waters, nor cvcr heard ot any being there, nor have 1 heard ot or 

 up'^on coast!" ^'^"""^' ^^^" ^^^ ^^'*"^ "P ^'^ *''^ huul, iiuy ishuid, or rock on or 

 off the coast of Alaska. In my business of making 

 herring oil, which I dispose of to the people of the different tribes 

 along the coast, I should have heard of seal being hauled up on any 

 island or rock along the coast of Alaska, had there been any, for it is 

 customary for the people of one tribe to tell the people of another all 

 they know. I have no more to say. 



Tchet-Chak, his x mark. 

 Witness to his mark : 

 Peter Church, 



United States Interpreter. 

 A. W. Laven>der. 



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



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Anna-tlas, chief of Tuhou Indians. 



HABITS. 



Anna-tlas, chief of the Takou tribe of Indians, being duly sworn, 



deposes and says : Have always been chief of this tribe. Have never 



been seal hunting in my life. Myself and tribe go to 



Experience. ^^^^ ^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^^ -^ Wraugcl aiKrtrade with the Killis- 



noo Indians for oil. Have never seen a fur-seal in all my travels up 



and down the coast. Have never heard of fur-seal 



on^coilt!" "°* ^'■''"^ ""P hauling up on any part of the coast. If seal had been 



hauled up on any part of the coast I should have 



been told of it by the people of other tribes with whom I have come in 



contact during the long years of my life. That is all I have to say. 



Anna-tlas, his x mark. 

 Witness to his mark : 

 Peter Church, 



United States Interpreter. 

 A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this l-lth day of April, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



