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aud it is true; and nothing has been paid me, or promised to me, for 

 saying what I have said. 



And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

 same to be true, aud by virtue of "The Act resi)ecting Extra-judicial 

 Oaths." 



(Signed) Charlie Quisto, his x mark. 



Witnesses: 

 (Signed) John T. Walburn. 

 A. D. Laino. 



165 I, See-ah-Sum, or "Jimmy Crackhorn;" aud Wech-Tin, or 



"August," do solemnly declare: 



1. That we are natives of the west coast of Vancouver Island, and 

 belong to the Pachenah tribe of Indians, and live at the village of San 

 Juan. 



2. We have heard what has been said by Charlie Quisto, our Chief, 

 about the seals, and it is what Ave think and believe, and it has been 

 read over and explained to him and us, and we understand it, and noth- 

 ing has been paid us, or promised to us, for saying what we have said. 



And we make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the 

 same to be true, and by virtue of "The Act respecting Extra- Judicial 

 Oaths." 



(Signed) See- ah- Sum, his x mark. 



Wech-Tin, ditto. 

 Witnesses : 

 (Signed) John T. Walburn. 

 A. D. Lainq. 



Declared before me at the village of San Juan, on the west coast of 

 Vancouver Island, in the Province of British Columbia, this 12th day 

 of i^ovember, A. d. 1892. 



(Signed) A. P. Sherwood, 



A Commissioner of Police for Canada. 



Declaration of Sant-e. 



Sant-e, an Indian hunter from Barclay Sound, now on steam -schooner 

 " Mischief," declares : 



That he has for about fifteen years been going out as a seal-hunter; 

 went out lirst on the "Anna Beck" or the "Thornton." Does not think 

 there is quite as many seals now as there were at first, but they are not 

 much scarcer, only thin. Always has hunted with a spear; never loses 

 a seal that is struck. 



About six years before the first schooner came to Barclay Sound he 

 sealed from the shore, and has been going out early in the season ever 

 since. Sometimes two men go out in a canoe, sometimes three. The 

 fiirthest I ever went from shore was about 25 miles. As many seals 

 were got last year as in any previous year by the canoe I hunted with. 

 The first seals were seen about the first week in December. In former 

 years seals were got as late as July, but now never later than June off 

 Barclay Sound. Never heard of seals hauling out near Vancouver 

 Island. More males than females are taken if grey pups are counted, 

 more females if the young ones are not counted. All the females are 



