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which the captain admitted were taken in Bebring’s Sea. His boats had recently 
been taken out of the water, and considerable fresh seal blood and gurry were found 
on deck, indicating that seal had been skinned and dressed on board that day. I 
seized the vessel for violation of section 1956, Revised Statutes, took in tow, and pro- 
ceeded to Ounalaska. ‘This vessel was seen on the 30th June, in nearly the same 
position as when we found her, by Captain Aage, of the steamer “‘ Dora,” with sey- 
eral boats out hunting seal. 
I found on board acrew of nineteen men all told (seven white and twelve Indians), 
and the captain reported that on the 30th June two boats containing two Indiaus 
each were lost in the fog and could not be found, in addition to the above number. 
I have delivered the ‘‘ Anna Beck,” with outfit and 334 seal-skins, to the United 
States Deputy Marshal at Ounalaska. No arms or ammunition were found on board. 
As the officers of these vessels have to be taken before the United States District 
Court at Sitka for trial, to which place there is no estallished mode of conveyance 
from here, I have placed the officers and crews of both vessels on board the schooner 
“Challenge” and dispatched Benjamin Lorenzen, one of the crew of this vessel, duly 
qualified as a Deputy United States Marshal, in charge, to Sitka, with instructions 
on his arrival at that place to deliver the vessel, captains, and mates to the United 
States Marshal, and to set the crews at liberty, Lorenzen to remain at Sitka until 
the arrival of the ‘‘ Rush” at the end of the season. 
Iam, &c. 
(Signed) L. G. SHEPARD. 
[Inclosure 3 in No. 51.] 5 
Captain Shepard, U. S. R. M., to Mr. Fairchild. 
UNITED STATES REVENUE MARINE STEAMER ‘ RUSH,” 
Ounalaska, Alaska, July 11, 1887. 
Str: I have the honour to inform the Department that on the 9th July in the Beh- 
ring’s Sea, latitude 54° 43’ north, longitude 167° 51’ west, Cape Cheerful, Ounalaska 
Island, bearing south-east, true 59 miles distant, I boarded and examined the British 
schooner ‘‘ W. P. Sayward,” 59.79 tons register, of Victoria, British Columbia, Geo. 
R. Ferry, master, and W. D. Warren, of Victoria, British Columbia, managing owner, 
and found her to be on a sealing voyage—had been four days in the Behring’s Sea. 
The captain reported 485 seal-skins on board, sixty-four of which were taken in 
the Behring’s Sea. Found the vessel under short sail, and-one canoe and two Indians 
out hunting seal. 
Her crew consisted of six white men all told, and seventeen Indians from British 
Columbia, and two Indians belonging to the crew of the British schooner *‘Anna 
Beck,” who had lost that vessel ina fog. I took charge of the vessel’s papers and 
seized her for violation of section 1956, Revised Statutes; took her in tow and pro- 
ceeded to Ounalaska, arriving at midnight. 
I have delivered the 485 seal-skins tound on board to the United States Deputy 
Marshal at this place, and will send the vessel and her crew to Sitka, Alasks, in 
charge of one of the crew of this vessel duly qualified asa United States Deputy 
Marshal, with instructions to deliver the vessel with her outfit, the captain and 
mate, to the United States Marshal at Sitka on arrival at that port, and to set the 
crew at liberty. 
Lam, &c. 
(Signed) L. G. SHEPARD. 
[Inclosure 4 in No. 51.] 
Captain Shepard, U. S. R. M., to Mr. Fairchild. 
UNITED STATES REVENUE MARINE STEAMER “ RusSH,” 
Ounalaska, Alaska, July 18, 1887. 
Srr: I have the honoiir to inform the Department that on the 12th July in the 
Behring’s Sea, latitude 54° 38’ north, longitude 167° 30’ west, Cape Cheerful, Ouna~ 
laska Island, bearing south-east + south, 40 miles distant, I boarded and examined 
the British steam-sSchooner ‘‘ Dolphin,” 60,1; tons register, of. Victoria, British _ 
82 Columbia, J. D. Warren, master and managing owner, and found her to be on 
a sealing voyage. ‘The vessel had been three days in the Behring’s Sea, and 
had 618 seal-skins on board. ‘Ten canoes and one boat were out hunting seal at the 
time. From the canoes twelve or more dead seal were taken on board the schooner 
while we were near her, and three skins from seal recently killed were found in the 
