FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
195 
Per son 8 employed. 
Country. 
Fishermen. 
Factorymen. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
United States 
'33 
58 
6 
6 
P n qqj o 
20 
10 
an 
15 
5 
"NT orwav 
g 
5 
1 1 fj.l V 
2 
{'Vnnn, 
55 
55 
Total 
78 
78 
61 
61 
Apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. 
"Boats - 
75 
$3, 600 
7, 200 
300 
Gill nets ........ 
75 
Seines 
2 
Pound nets and trap nets 
2 
500 
Shore property ..................................... 
10, 000 
20, 350 
Cash capital 
Total 
41, 950 
Products and values. 
Species. 
Quantity. 
• 
Value. 
Salmon pounds.. 
Oysters sacks. . 
Total 
500, 150 
* 2, 500 
$15, 005 
6, 250 
21, 255 
37. FISHERIES OF THE SILETZ RIVER. 
This river is included within the limits of the Siletz Indian Reser- 
vation and empties into the Pacific about 25 miles north of Yaquina 
Eiver. It is abundantly supplied with salmon trout and other local 
species ; salmon also occur there in considerable numbers during the 
migratory or spawning seasou. None but Indians are allowed to pursue 
fishing on this stream. The United States Government furnishes them 
with twine, with which they make their nets. The reservation is popu- 
lated by G07 Indians, including men, women, and children. During 
1888 the Indians captured and sold to the canning establishments ou the 
Yaquina River 40,764 pounds of fresh salmon, for which they received 
the sum of $1,222.92, or 3 cents per pound. It was estimated by Mr. B. 
Gaither, the agent at the reservation, that the Indians capture about 
60,000 pounds of salmon annually for consumption during the winter 
months. The fishing carried on by the Indians is of a semi-professional 
nature, and no figures were obtained covering the personnel, boats, and 
apparatus of capture. 
