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Mr. Gallagher. They would- 



Mr. McGuire (interposing). I will put that a little differently. 

 Were there statements made to you that you did not take down ? 



Mr. Gallagher. There would be a statement to this effect 



Mr. McGuere (interposing). I mean any statements made to .you 

 that you did not take, and then you may explain. 



Mr. Gallagher. No; I would not say that there were. 



Mr. McGuere. Would you say there were not? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir; and I would like to explain that. 



Mr. McGuire. Certainly. Go ahead. 



Mr. Gallagher. The interpreter would take these questions and 

 sometimes he would not understand every word in the question, and 

 that was explained to him. 



Mr. McGuere. He would not understand Mr. Elliott's question? 



Mr. Gallagher. Ever}- particular word, you know. He would 

 have a general idea, but some particular word would seem to confuse 

 him a little, or, at least, he would not understand, and he would ask 

 for information about that. Of course that was not taken down. 

 Sometimes, after he had put the question to the natives and the 

 natives, conferring among themselves, one of them might make a 

 statement partly in English and partly in Aleut to the interpreter, 

 but I did not take that down. I waited until they had finally arrived 

 at an understanding amongst themselves before I did take it down. 



Mr. McGuire. Once they had arrived at an understanding and 

 presented their answer based upon that understanding, either in their 

 own language or in English to you and Mr Elliott, you then took it 

 down — is that right ? 



Mr. Gallagher. I took it down as the interpreter interpreted it 

 to me. 



Mr. McGuere. At no time during your examination of those people 

 did you refuse to take any statement with respect to which the 

 natives had all agreed ? 



Mr. Gallagher. No, sir. 



Mr. McGuire. Or upon which any considerable part of them had 

 agreed ? 



Mr. Gallagher. No, sir. I did not take anything down, Mr. Mc- 

 Guire, until the interpreter told me that this was their answer. 



Mr. McGuire. I understand. Did the natives all agree, so far as 

 you know, to the replies that were made to the interrogatories of Mr. 

 Elliott ? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. After they had reached this common 

 understanding there was no dissension. They argued it out amongst 

 themselves and then made a statement to the interpreter and the 

 interpreter made it to me in English and I put it down. 



The Chairman. Did you take it all down after they had agreed ? 



Mr. Gallagher. I took down what the interpreter told me they 

 had agreed upon. 



Mr. McGuere. What did you do after you had examined the 

 natives ? I am trying to get it systematically. 



Mr. Gallagher. I am trying to recall just the sequence of it. I 

 hink we spent more time on the books of St. Paul Island. 



Mr. McGuire. You were then on St. Paul? 



Mr. Gallagher. Yes, sir. 



