FUK-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. XXXIII 



Q. Do yon think the company exercises au influence on that Territory that pre- 

 vents the occupation and settlement by emigrants ? — A. I do not think they interfere 

 witli that in tlie least. 



Q. You do not think their influence has interfered with anything of that sort ? — A. 

 No, sir. 



Q. Has their influence on the natives been deleterious or beneficial ? — A. Beneficial. 



Q. You are satisfied the influence has been beneficial to the natives generally ? — 

 A. Their condition has improved considerably. 



CllAKLES A. LuTZ, sworn and examined. 

 By Mr. Jeffkies : 



Q. What is your profession ? — A. Physician, 



Q. Are you a graduate of medicine ?— A. I am a graduate of the University of 

 Pennsylvani.a. 



Q. Where have you practiced in former times? — A. I have been niostlj' connected 

 with the St. Luke's Hospital, South Bethlehem, Pa., and Mercy Hospital, in Pitts- 

 burgh. I also practiced a short time in Philadelphia. 



Q. Have you been stationed in Alaska recently ? — A. Since 188 J. 



Q. Whereabouts in Alaska? — A. I was most of the time on St. George's Island, and 

 during the summer I visited some of the otlier stations. 



Q. Have you been around to other portions of Alaska? — A. I visited St. Micliaols 

 and two or three other places. 



Q. St. Michaels is up on Bering Sea 700 or 800 miles north. How do the natives of 

 St. Michaels compare with the natives of St. George? — A. I think the natives of St. 

 George are very much superior. 



Q. What do you say as- to the influence of the Alaska Commercial Company upon 

 the natives of the section of the country where it is brought in contact with the peo- 

 ple ? Is it good or bad?— A. It is very beneficial to them. 



Thomas Wilkinson, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Jeffkip:s : 

 Q. Where do you live ? — A. San Francisco. 



Q. How long have you been living there?— A. I have lived at San Francisco two 

 years ; at Oakland ten years. 

 Q. AVhat is your present business ? — A. Mining business in Alaska. 

 Q. What part?— A. Unga Island. 



Q. Where is that?— A. East from Oouahiska about 250 miles. 

 Q. That is one of the Aleutian Islands ? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Have you visited many parts of Alaska ? — A. Most of it, I think, sir. 



Q. ]5een pretty nearly all over the whole Territory ?— A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Have you been on the seal islands? — A. On St. Paul only. 



Q. I would like for you to state with regard to the condition of the natives of St. 

 Paul Island as compared 1o the natives in the other parts of .Alaska that you have 

 visited.- A. I think they are much more improved on St. Paul Island than in some 

 other parts of Alaska. 



Q. What do you know as to what the company has done for the natives in Oona- 

 laska?— A. Well, they have built houses and given them free of rent, built school- 

 houses and churches. 



Q. What do say as to the different natives at such points as they come in contact 

 witli the Alaska Commercial Company as compared with the natives of other parts 

 of the Territory where they do not come in contact with the company ? — A. I think 

 they are much further advanced than in the Territory where they are not reached 

 by the company. 



Q. Then you would say that the influence of the company has wrought good for 

 the natives of Alaska ; is tliat your judgment ?— A. Yes, sir; decidedly. 



Q. What portion of Alaska is it that is most densely populated with white people ?— 

 A. Unga Island, Juneau, and Douglas Island, and up the Yukon, to wliich inunigra- 

 tion tends, and mining to the business portion. There are many miners at the Yukon 

 Kiver, more than at any other part of the Territory. 



Q. How about southeastern Alaska?— A. I have not traveled a great deal through 

 there. 



Q. Sitka?— A. I stopped there and was at Sitka about a week. Oonalaska is far 

 ahead of Sitka in regard to the natives there. 



Q. How about Kodiak ? — A. I was there twice. They all looked contented there, 

 about the same as in Oonalaska. 



Q. Has the company a station there ?— A. Yes, sir; schools and chiuxbes ; and they 

 see to be well contented. 



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