268 FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



Q. Was there any iu excess of the allowaace by law takeD there ? — A. 

 Not that I know of. 



Q. Were any considerable number killed except those that were inten- 

 tionally killed for their skins '? — A. No, sir ; only what the natives used 

 for their food, and their skins were all taken and counted in the quota. 



Q. Did any violations of law in any respect occur while you were there, 

 on the part of the company's agents or other persons ! — A. Not to my 

 knowledge. 



Q. Who was there for the company upon the island while you were 

 there?— A. Mr. Eedpath. 



Q. Did you have any difficulty or disagreement with the agents and 

 officers of the company while you were there — find any resistance? — A. 

 No, sir, not the least. Only one man made rather a disrespectful ex- 

 pression, it was one Dr. Kelley. 



Q. The company's doctor? — A. Yes, sir. He made a remark to me 

 that the Government had been in the habit of sending up nothing but 

 ignoramuses. He insulted me in that way, and he had done that before, 

 I understand. I reported that to my superior officer, to Mr. Glidden, 

 verbally, and when the vessel came up there the doctor went down 

 with the same vessel, so I judged from that he was discharged. That 

 is the only case. 



Q. The company kept a school while you were there ? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. How long? — A, Eight months in the year. 



Q. What was the attendance on the part of the native children? — 

 A. It was fair. I should judge three-fourths of the children on an 

 average, sometimes more. But in extreme winter weather, there was 

 less than three-fourths of them, which was an obstacle that the company 

 could not overcome. The natives I do not know actually object to send- 

 ing their children to the English school there, but they do not like it, 

 and I had to force them several times to send their children. 



Q. Did the company officers and the Government officers use what 

 intiuence they could to get the children to school ? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Does the company furnish fuel to the natives in compliance to con- 

 tract? — A. Yes, sir; in fact they furnish more than what the contract 

 requires them to do. 



Q. Do they furnish a sufficient quantity to keep them comfortable ? — 

 A. Yes, sir; but they mostly use blubber for fuel. Only in extreme 

 weather they take and burn coal. The company issued more to them 

 than they were entitled to. 



<.^. Did the company issue the amount of salt fish and dried salmon 

 required? — A. Yes, sir; they had more than what they wanted. It 

 seemed to me while I was there they did not like salt beef and salted 

 fish ; they rather prefer seal meat and fresh fish. 



Q. They have always a plenty of food ? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Is there a physician there? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Maintained by the company? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. At the company's expense? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Are the natives charged for medical attendance and drugs ? — A. 

 No, sir. 



Q. Any rent charged for their houses ? — A. No, sir. 



Q. According to your observation, was the influence of the company's 

 agents there over the natives beneficial or demoralizing? — A. I think 

 it was beneficial. 



Q. Have yon seen recent publications in the newspapers as to a sort 

 of wholesale depravity of the native women? — A. No, sir; I have not. 



Q. \ ou have not seen those publications? — A. No, sir. 



