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interpreter to ask the Iiulian his name, age, and occupation. Finding 

 tliat he had been once on a raiding voyage to Beliring Sea in an Amer- 

 ican schooner, I wrote down wliat lie said as interpreted by the said 

 Andrew Laing, who, after it was all written, explained it to him in 

 Chinook. The Indian fully understood what he signed by his mark. 



7. ISio inducement was held out to the Indian, nor was anything 

 given or i)romised to him for making the statement he signed. He 

 repeatedly stated that McGlynn had told Peter (the policeman) to tell 

 the Indians that, if they gave evidence to the British, they would be 

 sent to gaol, and that Peter had often so threatened the Indians if 



they did so. 

 177 And I make this solemn declaration conscientiou.sly believing 



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

 judicial Oaths." 



(Signed) A. L. Beltea. 



Subscribed and declared by the said Arthur Louis Belyea before me, 

 a Notary Public duly commissioned, and residing and practising at the 

 city of Victoria, in the Province of British Colunibia, this 2nd day of 

 December, a. d. 1892. 



[seal.] (Signed) Francis B. Gregory, 



A Notary Public in and for the Province of British Columbia. 



Declaration of Andrew D. Laing. 



Dominion op Canada, 



Province of British Colunibia, City of Victoria. 

 I, Andrew D. Laing, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British 

 Columbia, Dominion of Canada, master mariner, do solemnly declare: 



1. That on the 29th day of November last I went on shore from the 

 Government steamer "Quadra" at Neah Bay, near Cape Flattery, for 

 the purpose of ascertaining if the Indians living there were willing to 

 tell what they knew about fur-seals and fur-seal hunting to Mr. Belyea, 

 who was on the "Quadra" taking evidence on the sealing question, and 

 for wiiom I Avas interpreter. 



2. That I went to a trader's store and saw one Chestoqua Peterson, 

 son of the Chief of the Makah Indians, the tribe living there. Peter- 

 son talks good English, and I asked him if the Indians there would 

 give the British side evidence on the sealing question, and told him if 

 they would a gentleman on the "Quadra" would take down what they 

 had to say. He told me the Indian Agent had forbidden the Indians 

 to give evidence to the British, and the best thing I could do was to go 

 on board and tell the gentleman to see the Indian Agent and get his 

 permission to talk witli the Indians. He also said that, if the Agent 

 W'Ould consent, the Indians were willing to give all the information 

 they could. 



3. That I went back to the " Quadra " and told Mr. Belyea what 

 Peterson said. Mr. Belyea at once went on shore and saw the Indian 

 Agent, one John P. McGlynn. I went with him, and was present and 

 heard all that passed between him and the Agent, except for a few 

 minutes at the close of their conversation. I have read what Mr. 

 Belyea says took place then, and it is true. I remember distinctly the 

 Agent telling Mr. Belyea that he would not allow the Indians under any 

 circumstances to give evidence to the English. This was in reply to an 

 otier of Mr. Belyea to take the evidence in the Agent's presence. 



