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punish Aleuts living on the island should they occasionally kill such small numbers 

 as may be absolutely necessary for their sustenance and clothing on the island, not 

 to be carried away. 



During the seal season guns are not to be fired, nor dogs permitted on the island, 

 nor any proceedings that experience has shown apt to disturb the seal rookeries, or 

 to frighten and drive away the animals. 



No person not a native of the island will be permitted to land and remain on the 

 island unless under authority from this Department, and no stores destined to be 

 used in aid of seal-hunting or for the preservation of skins can be landed. 



Permission has been given to Hutchinson, Kohle, and Co., and Williams and Haven, 

 for two men, selected by each of said firms, to remain on each island to care for the 

 property of their principals. These men -must conform to all the requirements 

 herein indicated, and, in case of their refusal so to do, you will arrest them ; and at 

 the first opportunity send them to San Francisco, Oregon, or Washington Territory, 

 to be delivered to the United States Marshal, if you have reasonable evidence of 

 their having violated the Law of 1868 above cited. 



You are to prevent the carrying on of illicit traffic with the natives. Spirituous 

 liquors in particular, and fire-arms not belonging to the military, are absolutely 

 l)rohibited; none such can be landed on the island; any found there will be seized. 

 Vessels coming there must bring none but domestic or duty-paid goods, and are to 

 be provided with manifests certified by the Collector of Customs at Sitka, and with 

 wri tten permission from the same officer to enter there. Vessels direct from a foreign 

 port are not permitted to unlade there under any circumstances. 



Very respectfully, 



(Signed) H. McCulloch, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 

 Lieutenant WiNSLOW B. Barnes, 



Revenue- cutter Service. 



Note. — Any material Law, Order, or Proclamation referred to herein, or in any 

 other instruction, will be found in vol. i of the Appendix to the Case of the United 

 States, pp. 92-113. 



65 Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, February 23, 1869. 



Sir: It is desirable that the "Lincoln," after accomplishing what has been already 

 arranged at the Islands of St. Paul and St. George, shall proceed directly to Attou, 

 which is understood to be the principal locality of the sea-otter trade, and establish 

 such relations with the nativ^es as shall prevent, if possible, the killing of sea-otter 

 until further orders, and preserve the interests of the United States in other respects. 



Returning towards Ounalaska, it is also desirable to visit other islands of the 

 chain where sea-otters are taken or where smuggling may be carried on. Every 

 care should be taken to preserve the best relations with the inhabitants of the 

 islands, and enlist them in aid of the enforcement of laws. The inhabitants are to 

 be informed that all the restrictions laid upon trade and fur-huntmg are for their 

 benefit quite as much as for the benefit of the Government, indeed, far more, and 

 they are to be assured that they will in no event be permitted to suti'er on account 

 of them. 



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It will probably be advisable to visit these islands again during the autumn. 

 Very respectfully, 



(Signed) H, McCulloch, 



Secretary of the Treasury. 



Commanding Officer of the Revenue-steamer " Lincoln." 



P. S. — The "Lincoln " having been substituted for the '•' Wayanda" since the date 

 of my letters of the 6th February, her name is to be understood as oubstituted in all 

 places in those letters where the name " Wayanda" occurs. 



H. McC. 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, D. C, March 31, 1S70. 



Sir: The revenue-cutter "Reliance'' under your command being ordered to cruize 

 westward, you will, as instructed by Collector Kajjers, proceed with your vessel to 

 Kodiak, theuce to Analook, Ounalaska Island, via the Ouuga or Choumagin Island. 

 From Ounalaska you will visit the seals islands St. Paul and St. George, from these 



