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tiling done by him after tbat wbich you took exception to? — A. Cer- 

 tainly. 



Q. State what they were. — A. He would get drunk and go through 

 the village at 3 o'clock in tlie morning. 



Q. Webster did f— A. Yes, sir, and his men : and they refused to issue 

 medicine. 



Q. Who were his men ? — A. Kirk, Clark, and Hall, I suppose. 



Q. What did he do? — A. They threw some rocks one night against 

 the Government house; but I do not know who that was. 



Q. Did you see them ? — A. No, sir ; i.t was 3 o'clock in the morning. 



Q. How' did yoii kuow that it was Webster if you did not see him 1 — 

 A. 1 heard his voice, and the natives reported that it was Webster. 



Q. Was there anything else that he did? I want to get it all if I 

 can. — A. He abused me when 1 refused to let him kill seal this spring. 



Q. W^as that after you quit speaking ? — A. He followed me up and 

 abused me. 



Q. Why did you refuse to let him kill seal? — A. Because I did not 

 think that the contract for the school was carried out and 1 refused to 

 let them kill seal. 



Q. You declared the lease forfeited? — A. No, sir. 



Q. Did not you declare the lease forfeited and notify the company that 

 they should not kill any seal because they did not keep school eight 

 months kicking four days? — A. I had no authority to declare the lease 

 forfeited, but 1 thought it was a direct violation of the contract. 



Q. You swear that you did not forbid them to take seal on the ground 

 that the lease was forfeited ? — A. I say that I would not permit them 

 to kill seal until my superior came to see whether they would continue 

 the school eight months. 



Q. The school commenced on Monday instead of Thursday on this 

 occasion. It always commenced the first Monday in September. Is 

 not that an explanation of why it fell short four days? 



By Mr. Felton : 



Q. What did you figure a month ? — A. A School month ? 



Q. Yes. — A. If school commenced on the first of one month then it 

 would end the last of the month. 



Q. Some months it would be much less days than others, as some 

 months have thirty-one days. Do not they usually count a month as 

 thirty days? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. In the payment of men who labor and everybody of that kind ? — 

 A. Yes, sir. 



Q. At the rate of thirty days, would not this thing figure out with 

 no lapse; if they figure thirty days in taking the months, there would 

 be no lapse of time? — A. I think there were one hundred and six and 

 one-half days. 



By the Chairman : 



Q. You stated that it commenced on the first Monday of Septem- 

 ber? — A. I think it commenced on the 5th. 



Q. And terminated the 1st of May? 



Mr. Jeffries. Instead of that, the 5th came on Thursday, and they 

 commenced on Monday. 



Q. Was tbeie any other difficulties you had with Webster that you 

 remember, other than you stated? — A. He claimed that his men would 

 injure me, and that 1 must come to him, and when I would come to Mr. 

 Webster N^ith complaints he would ignore them; consequently 1 could 

 not come in direct contact with his men. 



