192 FUE-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



Q. Webster said so ? — A. Webster said a good many things I will 

 not charge up to the company. 



By Mr. Felton : 



Q. Did I understand you to say the Government compelled a man to 

 take his wife along with him ! — A. 1 understood so. 



Q. Could not a man occupy that position without a wife ? — A. Xot 

 under this administration, I understand. 



Q. Is that a law or a regulation of the Department ? — A. It is a reg- 

 ulation of the Department, I understand. 



Q. Then a man has to be married and has to take his wife with him ? 

 — A. He has to go there and take his w'iie with him for the exam]>le 

 which his wife will set to the ladies in order to elevate them. There 

 are a good many things that the women can do ; they can copy a lady's 

 dress by a glance of the eye. These people are capable of something 

 mnch better. They are not such a bad people. All they want is an ex- 

 ample set for them, and they have not had it, I guess. 



The Chairman. Do you think it better that there should be a com- 

 missioner or a magistrate placed there to execute the laws ; ssiy a com- 

 missioner and a deputy marshal to enforce the law ? 



The Witness : Yes,' sir. 



By Mr. Macdonald : 



Q. Are you speaking of what you have testified liere particularly in 

 reference to the Island of St. George or the condition of things in gen- 

 eral ? — A. Of St. George Island in particular, as my knowledge is 

 limited to that island. 1 would freely give the benefit of the doubt to 

 St. Paul, as it is a better island, I think. They have had none of this 

 outbreak. 



Q. You have no personal knowledge of it?— A. No, sir. If it comes 

 under the jurisdiction of this committee, I would say that as I under- 

 stand it these people are American citizens here; and that a man 

 wanted to go down and state his own story, and I gave him permission 

 to go to Oonalaskawith the chance of thus getting to Washington and 

 telling his story ; but he was sent to a remote part of the island until 

 the steamer departed 



By the Chairman: 



Q. Who sent him? — A. He was sent at the instigation of Dr. Noyes. 



Q. Was he s/nt against his will ? — A. He was a single man, and he 

 was (compelled to go. 



Q. Who compelled him ? — A. Dr. Noyes. 



Mr. Macdonald. State the paxticulars, if it is anything, as to how 

 it was done. - A. At Zappany rookerj^ there is a watchman, or supposed 

 to be one. Peter Kezauzoff had been very sick ; he had fallen near the 

 house with fits. Dr. Noyes sent him to Zaopany as watchman. This 

 man was not fit to go, but because for tlie simple reason that this man 

 had my jiermissiou to go to Washington to tell his own story, they sent 

 him over there and kept him G miles from the village, so the man 

 could not get here to tell his own story. 



By the Chairman : 



Q. What power compelled the man to go? — A. This compulsory 

 power they have. 



Q. Was he taken in custody and carried over there? — A. No, sir ; be 

 knew better than to disobey. They have been tauglit that lesson long 

 before. 



