TESTIMONY TAKEN IN OR NEAR DIXON ENTRANCE. 



Deposition of Johnny BaronovifcJi, natire scaler at Kasan. 

 PELAGIC SEALING. 



Johnny Baronovitcli, being duly sworn, deposes and says : I was born 

 . J^ at Kasan, and have lived here all my life. My busi- 



xpenence. ^^^^^ .^ ^^^^^ of hunting" and fishing. Have hunted fur- 



seal in a canoe in May off the Prince of Wales Island. Always 

 used the shotgun for taking seal. A very few are lost Avhen shot 

 with the shotgun, as we shoot them close to the boat. Most all 

 the seals taken are females with pup. I used no dis- 

 cows'Sen "^°^°* crimiuatiou, but kill everything that come near the 

 boat in shape of a seal. Never stopped to ask if it is 

 female or not. A few old bulls have been taken by me. 

 _^indisciiminatekiii- rpj^^^.^, ^^^^ ^^^^ nearly as many seal on the coast as there 



was two or three years ago, and they will soon be all 



gone unless schooners are all stopped from hunting seal 



along the coast of Alaska. I have never known any 



^^ ^ , ^ pups to be born in the water or on the land in this part 



Not born in water ^_e ^. , , -vt i t i i ^ j- 



or on coast. of Alaska. Nor have 1 ever seen or heard of any fur 



seal being in the inland waters of this part of Alaska. 



I have never heard of any fur-seal hauling up on the land in any part 



of Alaska. I think if .the schooners were all stopped from hunting 



Protection ^^^^' ^^^^ would bccome plentiful once more, and the 



Indians could catch them as they used to. 



Johnny Baronovitch. 

 Witness to his signature: 



J. M. POTTEK. 



A. W. Lavender. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of May, 1892. 



A. W. Lavender, 

 United States Treasury Agent. 



Deposition of Matirice Bates, sealer. 



PELAGIC SEALING. 



Maurice Bates, being duly sworn, dejioses and says: 1 am 40 years 

 old. Was born in British Columbia, and now reside 



Experience. iu Ncw Mctlakahtla. I am a hunter by occupation ; 



have hunted fur-seal in a canoe ever since I was old 

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