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HOOPER, Captain, R. ¢. S., COMMANDING BERING SEA PATROL FLEET, 1907, oe es D2 eee WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING )OF RICH, ESOT ae ,\ 4Y Cory Tare a how.: ew | . * TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Document No. 1977. Office of Secretary, Division of Revenue Cutter Service. . oer ¢ 200 a Che) Ke . . ee vue = ere . ete veen @ . o%s 6%e wee ye, Cw . eee oth o Pn VRC) Per *ye <\e', @ OAK’ REPORT ON THE SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA, HEAD-QUARTERS BERING SEA FLEET, UNALASKA, ALASKA, : September 15, 1897. Sir: I have the honor to submit, for your information and consjdera- tion, the following report on the Sea-Otter Banks of Alaska: EARLY SEA-OTTER HUNTING. When the Russians first visited Alaska, its waters abounded in sea otter, and the early voyagers reaped a rich harvest, hunting them with- out restraint. As a result, after more than fifty years, toward the close of the eighteenth century, a marked decrease was noticeable. The otter, which at the time of the discovery of the Pribilof Islands, 1786, were said to have “swarmed the shores of St. George,” had almost entirely disappeared, and at many other places there had been a decided falling off in their numbers. RUSSIAN-AMERICAN COMPANY. About the close of the century the Russian-American Company was organized and duly chartered by the Czar for a term of twenty years. This company, which in 1820 had its charter renewed, had been granted new privileges, and was practically in control of the Territory, and exercised, to some extent, a supervision over the hunters and placed restrictions on the number of' sea otter to be taken. The demands of the market were considered and the catch apportioned to the different districts with reference to the number of hunters, etc. The natives were held strictly to the number aliotted, and any otter killed in excess were carried over until the next year. They also laid down certain . rules for the hunters to avoid disturbing the otter, lest they should be driven away. At that time the otter hauled out upon the land to feed on the sea urchins and other shellfish exposed at low water, to sleep and rest, and give birth to their young, and were taken in nets and killed by clubbing. _ The females were spared, and one of the first lessons taught the young hunter after he had learned to manage the kyak and to throw the spear was how to distinguish the female from the male animal in the water, by the color and shape of its head and neck, which, unlike the fur seal, «differ sufficiently to clearly mark the sexes. When hunting upon the Kea 3 | ; | 4 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. shores, care was taken by the hunters to avoid any noise or disturLance, or leaving any mark or sign by which their presence might become known to the otter, which are exceedingly timid and suspicious and easily driven away from a locality if disturbed. The sea otter is very unlike that most stupid of all animals, the fur seal, which, commencing as a yearling, makes periodical trips to the killing grounds with the “drive,” crawling over the bones of many generations of its ancestors, and nearly smothered in the high grass fertilized by their decaying bodies, presents itself for inspection year after year until of suitable age to be killed, when, surrounded by its dead companions, “it takes the desired “onto and cranes its neck forward to meet the deadly club, which, with one blow on its tender skull, makes this trip to the teil ground its last. Boots with iron nails were Here and fires were built away from the hauling grounds and lighted only when the wind was from the sea to carry the smoke inland. No guns were used, only the noiseless but equally deadly spear. Z : Y DECREASE OF SEA OTTER. In spite of all the precautions taken the sea otter appéar to have decreased from year to year, and in some parts, notably the Pribilof Islands, to have entirely disappeared before Alaska came under the American flag. After the transfer, although the same rigid rules could not be enforced, the effects of them were felt for some years. From habit many of the native hunters continued to spare the female, but gradually all precautions came to be ignored. Hunting schooners came yearly to the otter banks; cod fisheries were established in the immediate vicinity of them, and the offal lined the shores and filled the water. One of the best otter grounds in Alaska, the Sannak Reefs, is said to have been greatly injured by the cod fisheries established there. On account of the vast extent of country and the limited force at its command, the Government has not enforced the law prohibiting white men from killing fur-bearing animals in Alaska, and the sea otter, being the most valuable, has received its full share of attention. Being con- stantly harassed, clubbed and shot on shore, caught in nets by white men, their hauling grounds made uninhabitable by the camp fires of the hunters and defiled by fisheries and the decaying bodies of their slaughtered companions, the sea otter of the Aleutian Islands has not only decreased in numbers, but has actually changed its habits. It no longer comes out upon the land to feed, rest, or give birth to its young, A floating raft of kelp serves as its only resting place, and banks of 30 fathoms of water are its feeding grounds. Even there it is hunte and harassed by hunting schooners from March until August. Having been driven from the shore it is being exterminated on the sea by a fleet of hunting schooners, and the native hunters of the Aleutian Islands” SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 5 are being deprived of their chief means of subsistence. In addition to its change of habits and decrease in numbers, the range of the otter is very much reduced. The otter grounds west of Unimak Pass are practically abandoned. On some banks stray individuals are still taken at long intervals, while on others, not an otter has been taken during the last decade. No reliable record of the catch of sea otter prior to 1873 is obtain- able and the record since that date is only approximate, including those only that were bought by the Alaska Commercial Company, which were, however, a majority of all taken in these waters in actual numbers, and the change from year to year may be taken as proportionate to the changes which took place in the entire herd. The accompanying tabular statement, for which T am indebted to the courtesy of the Alaska Commercial Company, shows the number of otter purchased by that company from 1873 to 1897, both inclusive. In 1883 the North American Fur and Trading Company, which prior to that time had been trading in furs, with headquarters at Unalaska, sold out its interests to the Alaska Commercial Company, and with them its stock of sea otter purchased that year, 466 in all. Supposing, in the absence of a better guide, that this number represents a fair average of yearly purchase of sea otter by the North American Fur and Trading Company for the ten years from 1875 to 1885, we can increase the yearly totals that amount. This does not include otter taken by schooners and not sold to the companies named. SHEA-OTTER BANKS. The sea-otter grounds under consideration, for convenience sake, may be divided into districts, as follows: Beginning at the extreme west, Attu, Atka, Umnak, Unalaska, Akutan, Sannak, Morzhovoi, Belkofski, Unga, and Kadiak. ATTU. The Attu grounds included Attu and Agattu, and were hunted by the Attu natives with kyak and spear. The other island named did not contain permanent inhabitants, but hunting parties crossed over from Attu in large skin boats during the offshore hunting season, from June to August, inclusive. The stormy condition of the sea pre- vented them venturing far from the shore in their frail boats at other seasons. The Attu otter grounds were on the south or Pacific side of the islands, and extended not more than 6 miles from the shore. Otter have almost entirely disappeared from these grounds. Since 1882 only an occasional one has been taken, although periodic hunting trips are still made. A native hunting party in the American schooner ‘Challenge in July, 1896, cruised over these grounds for eighteen days, with fine weather, without seeing one sea otter. 6 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. ATKA. The Atka grounds extend from and include Buldir Island on the west to Four Mountains on the east. This ground is claimed and hunted by the Atka natives, who live at Nazan Bay, on the east end of the island, the only permanent settlement between Attu and Umnak since the abandonment, many years ago, of Korovin, a small settle- ment on the north side of the same island. The conditions of native hunting on the Atka grounds were almost identical with those at Attu. The manner of hunting, distance from the shore, duration of the offshore hunting season, means of getting from island to island, the use of the kyak and spear, and all smaller details were the same. This was a large district and the otter banks far apart, and the difficulties and dangers to be met and overcome in going from one to the other in open skin boats can only be appreciated by one who has experienced the dangerous tide races and overfalls that are to be encountered there, even in moderate weather, which try the seagoing qualities of small vessels. In many parts of this district the sea otter is entirely extinct. None have been taken from the Buldir Island banks since 1874, Occasional otter are found in what is known locally as Shut in Strait (Tanega Pass), Kiska and Amchitka, favorite hunting grounds of former times, are entirely abandoned; so also Seguam, Yunaska, and Amukta and the islands of Four Mountains. UMNAK. The sea-otter grounds of the Umnak district were confined to the banks adjacent to this one island. Like those of Attu and Atka, the Umnak banks were on the Pacific side of the island, but extended somewhat farther off shore. These banks were hunted by the inhabit- ants of Nikolski, the only permanent settlement on the island, but are now entirely abandoned. For a number of years, owing to the great decrease of otter on the Umnak grounds, the people were very poor and deeply in debt, their only income being the few foxes they were able to catch, scarcely enough to supply them with tea and sugar. For the past four years they have been taken to the Kadiak banks in the schooner Hverett Hays, of Unalaska, and have done fairly well, being able to furnish themselves and families with the necessaries of life, besides paying off a portion of their debts. UNALASKA. The hunting ground of the Unalaska division is on the south or Pacific side of the island, and extends its entire length. It is hunted by the natives of each of the five settlements on the island—Biorka, Chernofski, Kashega, Makushin, and Unalaska (Iliuliuk). The men use both gun and spear in hunting otter, and extend their hunting farther off shore; otherwise the conditions are the same as at SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. iG the other divisions referred to. But few otter have been found on the Unalaska banks for several years, by far the larger part of those credited to Unalaska in the tabulated statement having been taken by Unalaska hunters on the Kadiak grounds, AKUTAN. The Akutan division includes the banks south of Akutan, Avatanak, and Tigalda. These were claimed and hunted by the natives of Akutan Harbor, the only permanent habitation in this group. Here, also, the hunters used both gun and spear. The otter of this division are prac- tically extinct. For the past ten years the annual catch has not exceeded 3, and more frequently it is only 1. SANNAK. The Sannak district, which includes the reef and banks lying off the Sannak Islands, was claimed and hunted by the Belkofski natives and a few living on Sannak. For many years hunting parties from Akutan and Unalaska Island, and even from the divisions farther west, have been carried in schooners each year to these banks and taken away again at the end of the hunting season. Some parties have been left there during the winter, comfortable houses having been built for their accom- modation. The otter are now nearly extinct on the Sannak grounds, the greater part of those credited to this district since 1890 having been taken on the Kadiak grounds. Vessels fitted out for hunting on the Sannak grounds, failing to find otter there, extend their cruising to the Kadiak grounds, but keep no separate account of the catch, and it is all credited to the ground for which the vessel sailed originally. The few taken from this ground are taken by schooners well off shore. MORZHOVOI. This district was bunted by the inhabitants of the settlement of that name in Isanotski Strait or False Pass. The hunting ground embraces the banks and reefs in the vicinity of the pass on the Pacific side, the pass itself in which during Russian times many thousands were taken, and the banks in Bering Sea between Cape Lapin, Unimak Island, on the southwest, and Amak Island on the northeast. For many years the Morzhovoi natives have used both gun and spear. This ground is nearly hunted out, and a large part of the skins credited to it during the past ten years were taken on the Kadiak grounds by Morzhovoi hunters. BELKOFSKI. This district includes Belkofski and Wosnessenski and the outlying reefs and banks. The district was hunted by natives of both islands, | the gun and spear being used. This was one of the richest districts, 8 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. and prior to 1888 produced annually upward of 700 skins. Since that date the number has fallen off gradually until, in 1896, but 16 were taken by the natives of both settlements. UNGA. The Unga district includes all the banks and reefs lying off the outer Shumagin Islands. These grounds were hunted by the inhabitants of Delarof Harbor, Unga Island; Korovin, a small settlement on the island of that name, and Simeonofski. They used guns and spears. This district formerly produced from 300 to 400 otter each year. In 1896 but 22 were taken. KADIAK. The Kadiak district includes the banks in the vicinity of the island, also Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait. In the latter places but few remain. PRESENT OTTER GROUNDS. A majority of all the sea otter taken at the present day throughout the Aleutian Islands are taken on the banks to the southwest of Kadiak. The banks are bounded on the northwest by the Alaska Peninsula, on the northeast by Kadiak Islands, southeast by the Trinity Islands and Chirikof, and on the southwest by the Semedi Islands. It will be seen that the decrease of the otter has been general and is not confined to any particular locality. Neither does it appear that any particular style of hunting is more destructive than the rest. In the western districts, Attu and Atka, where only the spear was used, the decrease has been quite as marked as in the eastern districts, where the gun has been used almost exclusively. The gun, while not more destructive than the spear, is perhaps more wasteful, as by its use some are probably wounded but escape capture and die, while of those struck by the spear but few if any are lost. NETTING SEA OTTER. Netting is also a wasteful method of taking otter. Unless the ani- mals caught are taken out of the net within a few hours after death, the carcass is attacked by millions of minute animals (small amphipod crustaceans) that infest these waters, and in a little while the pelt is rendered worthless. Netting is done during the stormy weather. The net is stretched from the shore to a convenient outlying rock. Cold, hard storms prevail, which frequently prevent the nets being visited for days at a time, and in the past many valuable skins have been lost inthisway. Netting is not general at the present time, but is practiced to some extent by white men who inhabit the small outer islands of the Sannak and Shumagin groups and at other points. | SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 9 IMPORTANCE OF THE SEA OTTER TO THE ALEUTS. The sea otter has been, since the first advent of the Russians, the principal means of support of the natives of the Aleutian Islands. The decrease in the yearly catch has already brought some of the set- tlements to a state of want, and if they are allowed to become exter- minated, actual suffering and even starvation can only be averted by Government aid. Properly protected and reserved exclusively for the use of the natives, the otter, while it can probably never be brought up to its former numbers, can be preserved from extermination and will furnish a means of subsistence for these people for many years. WHITE HUNTERS. In former references to this subject I have urged upon the Govern- ment the justice of allowing the white men married to native women and actually settled within the Territory to take sea otter by means of the net. This necessity no longer exists. The opening of mines and canneries in various parts of Alaska will furnish employment for all such, and in time no doubt the natives in the vicinity may be made use- ful in the same way; but a large majority of the latter are isolated, many hundreds of miles away, and in numbers far in excess of the pres- ent needs of the mines and canneries. Inclosed and forming a part of this report is a statement of the num- ber of natives at the different Aleutian settlements at the present time, obtained by actual count and from the records of the Greek Church, for which I am under obligation to the resident Russian priest, Rev. A. Kedrofsky. There are in all sixteen native settlements, and an aggregate of 1,165 native inhabitants. RESOURCES OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. The resources of these islands may be stated as follows: Attu, in addition to an occasional otter, produces a limited number of blue foxes, but they are inferior in quality to those taken on the Pribilof Islands, and do not bring so high a price. The catch is yearly getting smaller. Some of the islands in the Atka district still furnish a few fox skins of different varieties. From Kanaga a few red and cross foxes are obtained. Adakh formerly produced many silver foxes, but has only a very few left. Great Sitchin Island produces a few red foxes only. Atka has only a few blue foxes of the same grade as those caught at Attu. Amlia has silver foxes, but they are almost extinct, only an occasional one being taken. Umnak and Unalaska disticts produce a few red and cross foxes and an occasional silver fox. The islands in the Akutan district also produce red and cross foxes and an occasional silver fox. 10 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY. From the organization of the Alaska Commercial Company in 1869 to the present time a large part of the furs taken by the Aleut hunters were purchased by its agents, stores being maintained for the purpose of trading at each of the native settlements. Owing to the falling off in the yield of furs many of these trading stations have been conducted at a loss for several years, and to avoid a continuation of these losses are being abandoned. In a few cases the station agents, men who are married to native women, and who, if not hunters themselves, accon- pany the native hunting parties, have bought out the company’s interest, and will, as a forlorn hope, still try to eke out a living. At other places the stores are closed and all supplies taken away. A man named Dirks, for many years company’s agent at Atka, purchased its interests at Atka and Attu. He also bought a small vessel, and so long as he ean make it pay will keep a small supply of necessary stores at these places. Umnak and four of the five settlements on Unalaska Island—Chernof- ski, Kashega, Makushin, and Biorka—have been abandoned, as have Akutan, Sannak, Morzhovoi, Wosnessenski, and Belkofski. HUNTING FROM SCHOONERS. After the disappearance of the otter from the western hunting grounds it became necessary to transport hunting parties in schooners to the Sannak and Kadiak grounds. At first the parties with their outfits of bidarkas, guns, spears, tents, cooking utensils, etc., were taken by the vessel to some convenient point and landed, and hunted from the shore, living in tents. Of late years the hunting parties have remained on board the vessels and hunted from them. The vessels cruise over the hunting grounds, keeping a sharp lookout until otter are seen, when, if the weather is suitable, the bidarkas are put over and the chase begins. The bidarkas keeping well together soon get the otter surrounded, tire it out, and capture it without difficulty. Sea otter frequently travel in herds; sometimes 20 or 30 are seen at the same time. If the weather is favorable and the hunters work well together a fair percentaee of all seen are taken. Although all are hunting together, the otter belongs to the hunter who kills it, and strange as it may seem there is seldom a question as to ownership. If an otter is shot in such a way as to make it impossi- ble to determine its rightful owner the matter is settled by giving the pelt to the church. In Russian times, when only the spears were used, each hunter had his mark, and the spear nearest the nose of the animal owned it. This was to induce the hunters to throw their spears at the head to avoid injuring the pelt. In August the schooners return and a settlement is had. For its share of the work the schooner takes one-third of the otter caught, and the rest belong to the hunters, SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 1 ba As stated, a majority of all pelts taken by the Aleutian hunters are sold to the Alaska Commercial Company, whose method of dealing with the natives is particularly simple and fair. Immediately after the return of the hunting parties all the hunters meet, accompanied by the chief, and the furs are brought out for inspection and appraisement by the company’s agent. Those belonging to each hunter are examined separately, each fur is appraised and the price offered is announced in Russian and repeated in Aleut in a tone loud and clear enough for all to understand. Each hunter is furnished with a book in which the value of his catch is entered. From this is deducted the amount of his indebtedness to the company, and the balance is paid in coin or placed to his credit as he may elect. After settling up, the work of buying a winter outfit begins. With those who have money this is a simple cash transaction; gold is converted into silver and each article required is bought and paid for separately. To the hunter who has caught noth- ing, and in consequence has no money, a winter’s supply is given on credit. I am informed, however, that in future the Alaska Commercial Company will discontinue the credit system and do only a cash busi- ness, to guard against loss. The system practiced has been so simple and plain that even the Aleut had no difficulty in understanding it, and no differences arose. After buying their winter outfit, the hunters and their purchases are taken on board the schooner in which they have been hunting and given free transportation to their homes. CONCLUSIONS. By the foregoing statements and annexed tables it will be seen: First, that the annual catch of sea otter has been steadily and rapidly decreas- ing for the past ten years, the number killed yearly being apparently greater than the natural increase. Second, that the sea otter has not ouly decreased in numbers, but that it has actually changed its habits and is no longer found on or near the shore; further, that the sea otter grounds are very much reduced in area. Third, that about 1,165 natives of the Aleutian Islands are almost wholly dependent upon the sea otter for the necessaries of life and will be left destitute if the animal is exterminated. Fourth, that on account of the decreased area of the hunting grounds and the disappearance of the otter from the western Aleutian Islands, a large number of the natives are isolated and can only reach the hunting grounds by the aid of schooners. Fifth, by the withdrawal of the Alaska Commercial Company’s stores from the differ- ent settlements the natives are left depeudent upon Unalaska for the necessaries of life, and communication between this and the other settle- ments can only be accomplished by vessel. The present generation has not the art of building seagoing bidarras. Sea lion, from the skin of which the covering is made, have also decreased until there are only enough left to make the small bidarkas, and in any event the schooner 12 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. is more comfortable, safer, faster, and made use of in a proper manner will not be detrimental to the sea otter herd. Sixth, it does not appear that the use of firearms, although perhaps more wasteful, is more destructive to the herd than spears. The banks of the Attu district, where the spear was used exclusively, were the first to be abandoned by the otter. In the preparation of regulations for the taking of sea otter these facts must be considered: It is not only necessary to preserve the otter, the most beautiful and valuable fur-bearing animal in the world, but to preserve it for the benefit of the natives who have been dependent upon it for more than a century, and who will be reduced to suffering and want without it. In the preparation of regulations another point arises: Are the pres- ent sea-otter banks wholly within the territorial waters of the United States? If so, no international agreement to the regulations is neces- sary, as was the case with the fur seal. In the light of what knowledge I have upon the subject, I believe that the principal parts of the pres- ent sea-otter hunting ground are wholly within the territorial waters of the United States. As shown, the place where sea otter are hunted at present is to the southwest of Kadiak, on what is known as the Kadiak ground. A reference to the accompanying chart will show this body of water to be a large bay, a continuation of Shelikof Strait, entirely surrounded by land on three sides, and nearly so on the fourth, all of which land is United States territory. This bay has always been considered as territorial waters, and, so far as I know, no foreign vessel has ever hunted therein. In 1892 Hon. Warren Truitt, United States district judge for the District of Alaska, decided that this was United States territorial waters and promptly condemned two sea-otter hunting vessels, the schooners St. Paul and Alexander, seized therein by the revenue steamer Corwin, for hunting sea otter with white hunters, in violation of article 1956, Revised Statutes. The view taken by Judge Truitt should be formally adopted by the Government of the United States. Under almost precisely similar conditions, I am informed that the Canadian Government claims Hecate Strait, inside of Queen Charlotte Island, a much larger bay, as territorial waters, and American halibut fishermen are being warned away from there by the Dominion revenue cutter Quadra. If this bay in which the otter are found derives a national character from the land by which it is surrounded, and the line representing the limit of United States jurisdiction passes 3 miles outside of Kodiak, Trinity Islands, and Chirikof, suitable regulations by the United States Government, properly enforced, will furnish ample protection for the sea otter, as not enough can be taken outside of these limits to encour- age hunting to any extent. SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. 13 There are at the present time no British or other foreign vessels engaged in hunting sea otter in these waters, and it does not appear that any have done so in the past. Since this is a fact, and the decrease of sea otter is due to overkilling by our own people, it does not appear that there is any necessity for an international agreement, or grounds upon which to ask it. If foreign vessels were not attracted in former times, they are not likely to be now that the sea-otter herd is reduced to barely one-tenth its former numbers, and when not oneof the Ameri- can schooners engaged in it is paying expenses. If an international agreement should be deemed necessary, a fifteen- mile limit, as shown on the chart transmitted herewith and forming a part of thisw@eport, would afford ample protection and should be adopted, although this is not recommended except as a last resort, and in that event an exception should be made in favor of the Aleuts hunting from the shore in their native canoes (bidarkas), as is done in the fur-seal regulations, article 9, section 6, Bering Sea Award, in favor of the Indian hunters farther south; otherwise one of the prime objects of the preservation of the sea otter will be defeated. The article quoted permits the Indian hunters of the west coast of the United States and British Columbia to hunt seals from the shore in their native canoes at all seasons, but unjustly and without apparent cause discriminates against the Aleut and forbids him to hunt them at any time. To fully appreciate the injustice of this ruling,it must be known that the Aleuts use the flesh of the fur seal as an article of food and prize it highly, while the Indians referred to do not eat it. The amount of seal meat thrown away by these Indian hunters each year would go far toward furnishing the Aleuts with a much needed supply of fresh meat. Herewith are appended a set of regulations suggested for the gov- ernment of sea-otter hunting for the season of 1898. As will be seen, these regulations are intended to preserve the remaining sea otter for the use of the Aleut hunters and their families, in accordance with the spirit of article 1956, Revised Statutes. It is believed that this can be attained only by prohibiting all hunting from schooners. There is no prohibition of the use of firearms suggested, for two reasons: First, that it does not appear to be particularly injurious; second, because such a prohibition could not be enforced without working great hard- ship upon the natives. Obviously, if forbidden to be used in hunting otter, the carrying of firearms by hunting parties must be prohibited. To deprive these native hunting parties of the use of guns to kill game while out on the long hunts of several months would indeed he a serious hardship, and could not be consistently recommended. Under present conditions the sea otter is becoming extinct, and, as many of the hunting schooners are manned by white hunters from San Francisco, the natives are receiving only a part of the benefit. Under the proposed regulations the remaining otter will be preserved 14 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. for the use of the natives, and they being compelled to hunt from the shore, only a limited number will be taken, and the herd will perhaps increase. Unless some action of this kind is taken, in a very few years a large portion of the Aleutian Island natives must be taken care of by the Government or starve. If these regulations meet the approval of the Department, I respect- fully recommend that they be adopted and promulgated without delay, in order that the hunting schooners, some of which sail about February each year, may receive due notice. Appended will also be found tabular statements giving the number of sea otter taken in Alaskan waters, and census tables of the inhabi- tants of the islands, ete. C. L. HooPEr, Capt., R. C. 8., Comdg. Bering Sea Fleet. Hon. LYMAN J. GAGE, Secretary of the Treasury. APPENDIX. TaBLE A.—REGULATIONS GOVERNING SEA-OTTER HUNTING AND VESSELS EMPLOYED IN TRANSPORTING SEA-OTTER HUNTING PARTIES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF ALASKA FOR THE YEAR 1898, UNDER AUTHORITY OF REVISED STATUTES. « ARTICLE 1. No person shall be allowed to kill sea otter within the limits of Alaska Territory or the waters thereof, from or by the use of any boat or vessel other than the ordi- nary.two-batch skin-covered bidarka or the open Yakutat canoe, | ARTICLE 2. Only sailing vessels and the bidarkas and the canoes above described may be employed in transporting sea-otter hunting parties to and from the hunting grounds, but no hunting from vessels shall be permitted. ARTICUE 3. Every vessel employed in transporting sea-otter hunting parties shall have, in addition to the papers now required by law, a special order or permit from the Sec- retary of the Treasury. ARTICLE 4, The use of nets for the capture of sea otter is prohibited. ARTICLE 5. It shall be the duty of officers of the United States who may be stationed in the localities where sea otter are taken, or who may have knowledge of any offense hav- ing been committed, to take all proper measures to enforce the penalties of the law. ARTICLE 6. Foreign vessels of every description will be forbidden to hunt sea otter within the territorial waters of the United States. Such prohibition shal! extend to all waters lying between the peninsula of Alaska and a line drawn 3 miles to the southeast- ward of a line connecting the southeastern headlands of the Island of Kadiak, thence extending to the southeastern headlands of the Trinity Islands, of Chirikof, the Shumagin group, Sannak, and other islands of the Aleutian group, to Attu, thence along the northern headlands of the Aleutian Islands to the said peninsula of Alaska, as shown in the accompanying chart, such waters thus inclosed being territorial waters of the United States. ARTICLE 7. Any master of a vessel or other person violating any part of these regulations shall be considered to have violated the provisions of section 1956, Revised Statutes, here- inafter annexed, and will be liable to the penalty described therein. (U.S. Rev. Stat., sec. 1956. ) 15 16 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. ‘No person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur seal, or other fur- bearing animal within the limits of Alaska Territory, or in the waters thereof; and every person guilty thereof shall, for each offense, be fined not less than two hun- dred nor more than one thousand dolJars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, found engaged in violation of this section shall be forfeited; but the Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to authorize the killing of any such mink, sable, or other fur-bearing animal, except fur seals, under such regulations as he may prescribe; and it shallbe the duty of the Secretary to prevent the killing of any fur seal, and to provide for the execution of the provisions of this section until it is otherwise provided by law; nor shall he grant any special privileges under this section.” ARTICLE 8. The foregoing regulations are intended to apply only to the season of 1898. TapLe B.—APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF SEA OTTER TAKEN IN ALASKAN WATERS BY ALEUTIAN ISLAND NATIVES EACH YEAR FROM 1873 TO 1896, INCLUSIVE. a cafe anys (4 | . 20 Year. ng) || oes a, = ° mf wd rite: e a oe gS a oA a is ocrnssacisstsesisceenstenceces 20 1) oR. Makoshias2.2. Wife. Soy ehn AN Git eG OGO ORO DOOM COO Ec) SOOOROE DOE (d) | M. | Old Morzhovoi ... a ¥our months, 6 Six months, ec Three months. d Four months. 22 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. RECAPITULATION. Total number families in Morzhovoi ..........2-cccccccccccscccce seecwssscuaelsasccisie Seiciele slelsieiein eae 22 Maleg tes cccwescecnsan aelscemivlaisiumminals's os clejvisiecee(ea me SS ACO UND COCR OOCOUL OBE OOnE CEM SaSEcStosace so: - ~ 43 MeMa G8taccaccceccecceeecle ces cicleseslecicals sae wcmiisies cee sivcouwele cls ccivive cle alaauaielsials a eleleteatas'esiaimiatetetert 35 Total piccmcisccsiscleieeeeleicloceaiiciel=sinwc/snicsisici(s miele nieleinese Seaceciosen's Sqodsac ewioecclosnatsssaeceeeee 78 All the men were hunters and fishermen. Number families in Old Morzhovoi ...........-.--- Sossanrosciteccecicanececesccsecncsecserceae Rasece 1 WMilOS Saacac cweccies ecicece ceccnicielsiciclclaja sic cicic.clncsivivies(elaleicisiuleiciciejaleieic eleleisicie viele sleiv(sinis ne sicielcieeielaieteinteetetaite 2 Remalesectener: «cone cece ceemcmriticcsscsecemwcasos nea sicitaitelclsislorstcslcinalsie ouisisinisjaisemicielisteetentoriatetnieietatateeted 1 MOtal mens ctlacusicclocee ciclvc cine cicisinio'o'e wlelaie (alc ele clolelosleissieis ae cle slelealciclaslos cleiuiai='sjaile s/slale (viele aetemitriniate 3 Grandstotal scsssececeeslonesesesce ce =<= sie aslo uivta's clnislelaareleislaleieicmiesiacie seateceees edecamoceinenete 81 Census of Akutan village, Alaska, July 2, 1897. Name. MimelaneOolmatOfticesccewicces se sean nicest sie einiets[='els « eicleileini= PvdokieiDolmatotiecccccsceeere eee einccic sec cos eee sae Kea tarin a i olmatOliies seein cece a rosin ie sieianiay= seetomlarsioe Aguphey Dolmatoff .......-.--------------- 2c eee eee cece eee vaneDolmatolesecmes- cecise ec sete ocetets ona = atamlelo i-eelomaieeinia)ai= TERE Yer Bt) ral Ca) peSoemececand onanEc sao Sot odaSaUs oureadeacodacnc Tulian PetokOtt. acct ec/csemiceeetsecee icici seelelelaisete $s alecreataie Andrew Petokoff Elina Petokoff...-....... Varvara Petokoff A grophina Petokoff DOUN RASH Paitirem cise oelaje sila leis elsieinjol=te(e/m i=in) -isia)minic'= |= =(ein/nl= swie'= © Evodokie Rastogaif FEO Ma PASCO PE oie atc isiclsiels a\elsne ein ere em eal alam win mim ialcinm eile Marpha Rastogaif......-...0..2-.cecse cer scee ene e eee es ceese WolcasPetokothoenene ae cece istee eieiee oa nicio ie stelnieetale a iclacleeiani= Mary Petokoff. .....--.2------0--eeee eee cece cece cece csceeee INekandravPetokoltt ccscecce sss Gtr ener potreadlosss.- eee Widow; 3 children. Innokenty Shaishnikof......2.::..........-. 24 | M.- | Unalaska......... Wasily Shaishnikof ..- 702222222222. 222222. SSF du leo bee do --==.2..5::- Wife; 1 child. Soviashaishnikof sssececessceeessces sete cc 23 | FE. | Korovinski -...... Hunter; chief. MichaliShaishnikot.-cs-cccssessacccccccssm- 5 i eMieeUnalasika scoseeeee Peter SHasnnikOhe jee ccewencecsesmss cose ce ON ee Men eee doweecpeeeere- Wife; no children. ‘Anna shaishnikoOt:cac-cenecceececece sce sess 24> B.- + Chernofski +-:-=:= Andrewslodochnikofs.cc-c--cscs-asesn-se: GSU Mees At kal eater eee Widower; 1 child. Natalia Lodochnikof. - 2 een PO Naas Kaos ceeee Anna Krukof....-.-..- 6Or |. Hee eA thas sccsessscss Andrew’s sister Mlesaveta Siftsel .as.c2ccecsesccc cee seaeceeet 43° || | E> +]; Onalaska :<-.------ Widow; no children, Hvdokia Golovin = 2 ceccececmcnciacec- ese sm a Cli ie | hye eaeeetcdosdc Do. An adrianl GOVAN! sess ce seats cielelas a maial= =\ele/ef-ln 13 | M. | Korovinski....... Nephew. ivan Ol einen cecil nels ceive cisinieisic sareioeicias =<) 430M iadiak s=s2ssse ses Wife; no children. Matali a OlOineecrteemieseisince = secenta- me cena Gp Wa te ol oeserie Gliieasaosadaced Peters BahUrinyececesets oe coenoe se asec ceeerl 21M Wnalaskaj---.s2o= PivanwGodichnikOlcstsace = merase eseccicm =e CBI I [Ae ol ees Ge Seoadeddocds Wife; 3 children. Seratnaodichnikot: = -cecssseeeacsscs es otee CU a Ned aes 10 eet ecacoc : Maryodichnikofssesssccecieccercesacices aaa 16°) M.- | Unalaska-...:.-.: Hyanlodichnikotce--sscces=-serecee-ceec ce VE Sl tae ES er a Gi eo ecOGOO0S Tlarion Gedichnikofs.<222- 22. ccscepicecere--- = TIS Ges Se GPs oepccscaccoce Vasily Salamatof. ... Aol ein] ACE Kea tererye rise secs Evdokia Salamatof................. 38], EH. - 7? Unalaska ---.2<2<: Rufus Boordokifsky GSP Mies ere eee ctcste sess ses Oulita) Boordokifskyi- 222 seeccec = cee coos ls Unalaska:::: e---| Wife, Nikifor MivkOnOl- joes cecesccetneiicceceeae AGo Mess pUmim ake = sc2= se cee Four children. Pelagia Diakonol . ceccencceerianciet.iaes cris 42) F.- | Unalaska:.-.::.... Wife. Augusta Diakonof- nto see ameccencepicecinacmes Si SES 1 ete2 = GW eScadddcceds Miz aD iakOn Ofieccmccice semsisieciceoamisisizinciccess PP gil ite Mlasdar doveseeoescset Anns) Didkonof 15202 os «- o occ eciomiapbisGsis ace sae Be Siete (10) cotoodoneeas Wasily DiakonOfecsccseasmeecescccscse::= 5050 Gh ieee eer GW oe apsenaca0 24 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA, Census of Unalaska Island—Continued. VILLAGE OF ILIULIUK (UNALASKA) —Continued. Evan Diakonof:« .:22<.66ccc5sscccccsccccccccs Anastasia Diakonof- are Apolinaria Repin Kiptian Repin Stephan Repin........-..-.----02-------220-- IBOTISISOLOMINE «sce ese se scleral cet eeiieeie es ame Evdokia Sorokin Mian SOLOKIN s.2c\joneae lees a reaicloheleteetate ain mies Glafira Sorokin .. Peter Sorokin.... Tatiana Sorokin Ratacil’ Shabalineecess- cee =e cree cleeteetee=\= cafe Evdokiashabalinses-- «senses cistece seree cc iets Neon tis habalin’ =no-scts eee eccearice salsa ose - SimbontB6enerec sass cakicecaclsiehineeweecte = sisic/o' Sofia Been Maria Been Peter Been Gregory Galaktionof Evan Galaktionots.--2 2220 ece =\e-iai << ce Sofia Galaktionof Nikolye Kichkof Olgarkichkote-cessseseseeer $ Trina chk fee mest ceee cee eiecisisaateia aia/etalel= ale Evan Kichkof Emelian Berekof Natalia Berekof INicholyerAtctamono fess ccrsiayeisietselsieial==)- === I=1- Mania vArtamonotes.. tector eecces seer cecal Philip Tutakof Martha Tutakof Blenavhutakofeccciels cia secinec cesar Michail Tutakof Georgy Dorofeof Pelagia Dorofeof Elena Newman Artemy Newman Sarah Newman Nadia Newman Martha sovolrotecccsesccecic seamaster Muka SOvOnoteeeer ace tise cle seleeeeireiseisimelsi=o ls Gabriel Sovorof.......-.-.- aonoranoccsadsaend Matrona ANQGIlSON =. cece acess se aeccieivinieiees c 1 Gan esioe dO pssoseeae see Owais) AM ROLACO hese mice eaters eieisl= sae } VBS |erejaiare GOye ees enaee Miami ate OLA KO her amis ems eee a icieissiaials\swies. 20q) leoose alt. -ESsocsecoue NIGH Oye PRCOOING sears nsceces eens ea ees sia -- IVS eeien Gay soueebose soe Wife; 1 child. Tekussa Kudrin......- hee SlleeSeere Gl Weceesecospar LOEW TQHG TaN a oadeeasponcbeEoeeet TS SODOODE MIS. Bete (Mics acoseabuce anion New:Z0LOl eos <<-j-senc nies eines to Maes Gisssooccecese Wife. Paraskeva Nevzorof 2d cise nossa Stee eeeee Nicholye Shapashnikof..............-..----- GON) METS Om alte cease miei iPudeyshapashnikote cece -sciemtaaqeisfm isis = BM wits osee ikaeescocaecee Do. Alexandra Shapashnikof........-.....-.-..-- PA Nil nese TAM Ieee (Gs) cadens enocse WHERE 38 beth YO oo ae ae OS ace SOS DUA anon CONenG 440) CRE sees Gk} saosaseeaeos Kliment Shapashnikof...........-...-...-.-- 34 | M. | Makushin ........ Do. Sevafima shapashmikote <5) osceccereiccicaw seco Wee Dee Secs OOM eee sie reee Machail Shapashnikof....-.----.....----.- =| oon) MG Umalaska === 5.5. Mlexeyelonmenote- cases eeccnene eeetoeceee. S20| Melee ee Glas seesaeoaus | Wife; 2 children. AeripimaylchmMenolecntemes<-eeereelsciesecicces Zia Rs |p asheraeo ores ce Wamielelichmenfes- = oe seeccieee cle <> 6) M. | Unalaska......... Peter Ichmenof........ 24] M. |.-.-- OK) ScsooSteasos Zachar Shemakinsky Som Me eases Cleeeeeecee Wife. Preslcila Shemakinskyi--sonceenmcesee sies <= PY as Se eee dOmeeeereeeres Serapion Boorenin. 2 oc--ssss2-eeacasca-c bec = BG oY an ES eieeC (Se oe eeeee Wife; 2 children. Maria BOorenin scrccei-os seer ecncenincbisie) Me) Unalasika 22.22... PetenGromotssacecsss ooo ceeen oeemeeeee onal 26a Mes | PACbbI -: sce cicceicisieninesicicte el ielaleio ais Hagah Makarin <<< \ccccssleesee=ecesse=--= = (Paraskeva Makarinecr ce cicsecemiaceciissicciccs on Mlesay Baturofa. o.- ccc o oon ne nicweenneien---2-= PTET A STLLS Ole cect saciceie os clsisteicie cei eis= siaie =i= GiaikeriaySiftsOl. co. .cscecciecissiiccieecicesccos= HHECOTA SUUB Ol sccm sm ace ciee ciclsieninc eleinelce cleo = Gabrielli Siftsofeesscjes eee cee soseceicssee ol PACHISTAN SITUSG fie eee mrecicls sale eclesisiec wi-iaeeicicie'si= os Paraskeva Siftsof.....-. : : PAO XANGTS SHUSOL: =< sic0 101s so -isisiem icin ales occa e GREE AES BOLe oo nomics ceieelcla'cinistelciselelelaiciot WIERD Sil BeeeneeSopeoce ore roreocORCleoDS Wasatymmanshef. oor. cece cen ewinnencanwe= AicelinaWanshef <<... = (ReF he ye Baas GO cee ese eece = Natalia Petelin « - .. 2... Stephanida Itchmenof..-.....-.-...--....2.- (b) 15 eScos G0jecceeeee see Artomancktehmenol - -<<.<--.o-0s-ncessesa= 40) (Mis | o2= OO ccess secs Wife; no children. Hevroniawdltchmonofss.-s.cncee cease cers sc Bonen, i|Secce do) acter ced | VANE OOLOMINMGATS Uso. cee reenne ccidcscisn's BOM ei | ere Gbjcceseceeee ce Wife; 4 children. Matrona Boorenin F Stephan Boorenin Najah Boorenin...........-. . Misttoysh GOneNIN sso ac cae cee eerinacsicieeaice = cle HMikaverina bOOreniNnqss.nesecccem = cle ceciamsn< 5 vanes oorenin: SOCONd jesse sarcem ew occ es ces 40 | M,. avila Beoreninites ot oes sete eeckaesiscsew ex ee 35] FE. PAVOXSVEHrM I Ofer: conse seeceeeeiiirc cece case = 7) Me Moropheyslichmenots-ence eee eee. cise eee seas = 32 | M. Wife; 3 children. Hedosia le -tochmenol.sacse.useeene> -oelechass Bak |p 2a Doulitaltehmenof s-- -<- canes cscs ease cecee cee. Salah Gricory Lichmenof -oaccceccniscacieccnislicciaee Be WasBaelitChimeno fie. *cengeeemeenelneeeeccees (ec) | F. a Six months. 6 Four months. ec Five months. 30 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA, Census of Chernofski. Ivan Gordiof Paraskiva Gordiof....-... Bee atetrccten cle veces os [van Gordiof Maria Gordiof Niatalia:Gordiot:.seseesea ese ae neciorerr na ciass saak Gordlofes.ocn cieniccice cts cenian ceimasis cei «i= Mikey Gordiot. a. cse csc cicsia'sis selenite mainisie= = 's)= MatronaiGorgioness. neccceice- ee aeceee secon \s Vassa Gordiof Alexey Gordeof Georgy Gordeof Daniel Gordeof Nona Gordeote.csececceetee nena ee eea crema PANGTOWGrOrd COL. 2 o2.- selec aces caciecincine ac soe Paul Boorenin Olga Boorenin Michail Boorenin Justinia Boorenin Nicholey Boorenin Josif Kudrin Pelagia Kudrin Ivan Kudrin Efeem Boorenin Olga Boorenin Fekla Boorenin Akelina Boorenin Innokenty Petukof Justinia Petukof StephanyPetukKOls-ceectccccecimeceaeecsesees Sovia Pankof Evdokia Pankof Evdokia Pankof, second Grigory Boorenin Glikeria Boorenin Grigory Boorenin, first Grigory Boorenin, second GeodosiatKalimofs..sscscsscnememeccminae nema Benidikt KWalimiofe nsec cewiociasmisiiscinessesnin Niasily ykalim oteeececec a ceeneeaceeee ese seine Philip KalimoLweeeacws ecco ceensecisceiee cose GrigonypKalimofas-secss cc teens seer ceca ces imothyeKalimotsscacs---aeeeececcaccee aces WukiaWkalimofrc oases cee wocceeee o-seclcensesiae Maria Kalimof ee ee ee rs Maria Mikey Kalimof........ Vasilisa Kalimof Afonasy Boorenin Efrosenia Boorenin TonityiGolodok cece. Lee eee ee ee MiariaiGolodofsecss-csecctcenee eee nent ceee Taliana Golodof...... wiatnoccicsnmecitare acess BESS ei RR RR Ree RR SERS REESE RRR EER aR Sex. met Where born. do Kashega Chernofski. ...... | Kashega sete do Kashega.......--- Morzhovoi Chernofski (a) Kashega Unalaska Kashega..-- dks iPelatia! Geletss-ies ac -sseetee eee ~ ates a Py Boe Barbara Saposhnikof..-.---- Seige ccc chs ociais es 30] F. Ailexandralsaposhnikofe.--s2sc-s----+4-+----- LOS: fd oOkiaeNetz0roleooesscce meee eee cen sciccc es 52/| F. van: Netzorof: <=. 2 2iiscccceseeslese ss clsniss ie 375); M: Eliazar Nefzorof. 15| M. Martha Nefzorof Bi ear OD Maria Nefzoruf..-==-----<-.< aby | iy Dalia wNetzorol.. sss s-scsecacesece =o Sess aen\0 30 | F Tatiana CannOhaccssecceieeceeeerk eset eee oe 48) F Widow; 2 children. ivan Canrofen sereticstocs-sinteeeee ee eelcice siecle 21; M hionial Cannot 2s sete somcisisie cee eee store ste iocisisl= 15| F ChristinaWazarot: 2. css2-n-eeeeuesneccissecie 34) IK. StephantMesnikof csceste see peeeeesceeieas oles 19; M. PelapiaiNerzorofac. sessee eee e renee cease cine 42| F. PATON AS ye NOLZOLO Lean sicee see necisite a eee 15] M. MatronaiNefzorof:..2-c2sccee eens ce ceecscnce 10| F. Marra Kadini sacs sos coerce eae anew «one PAU ge lina Sokalnikofztsessosssceecee coe nas cs 51 10% Widow. Pelagia Sokolnikof Bal BY If SSG Vasily Sokolnikof.-......- 14} M. AT temivatarkanOls soccen ce een. eecte se clei 39 | M. Wife; no children. Milonga Larkanol:..sssesssseeee te ooo a coke 36| F. ATonasysDarkanof::5-- Joes see sesie sions se cisn's 133) eves iPakomiMranaghkiy.. << .2clcence seeee ee ot ase seals 30 | M. Dabianaoransky. $622 seas eee eee sesh ccmetts 69 | F. Hlisavetaslsmanor..s.csssaeseeer voces doce cls 40: F. Hvdokiawlsmatlol cess cc cee eeseeses ssieeececc 38°), EF: Widow. Sustimiadismailo£ 625. seneeweneto coco eee es PH Na Oe EMflaliavsokolnikcof = 2235 eo ee nee dation 38 | F. Widow; 3 children. MeaphoaSokolnikofesss--isesceneecooecee ess LT es Stephan Sokolmikofss soecsceeeeecen ceswe cena 10); M. Anna Sokolnikof.-o-jssesceseeorree ce cee ee eee aes 7346—3 34 SEA-OTTER BANKS OF ALASKA. Census of Attu Island. Name. 1 Age.| Sex.| Where born. Remarks. Alexander :Prokopef :+.-...-..<.+.++.--- pate oe| Seba DiImeML aAGCOL mck. seen Maria Prokopef...-.-- . 2-11 en cece eo cecm els CNT Oy el ace CO tetwecte aes Stepan Prokopef........-:cee ec eeeeus <-'-- = - 15) NE ieee dOeR cot emet Martha PrOkOpCtee=~--.-h< eee emcee eee ='= Dt AS poses COeeseecectnes MariasProkopet.---~--U-jweccen-tes = els-'--= = PAN NSE Saar Gk SeQaARGe sand Anna Prokopet-s.2. . 2.02. .ceecesensicceasce'%- jus he Sas 54 OW paScgadsaaae Nicholay Prokopef ......-.--.-s#0--202----~- Si) VL Ss terete Gh saccoaesons Hilareth Prokopet ~.-<-—-=cesee cts cic---s= Py peat soe Gy Sa Saneoodas Vassa Prokopet..-.--2.-cx seca cee sce ees PAY lke | |Scroae COeeeeeeeeeee= Aafia Troshet << .0. 2. cic nee tet on eee 357 JF. [e-.- Gta Ssaqdasedee Widow; 2 children. Michail*iroshef sf ce. - Sse niece see sn 15S ONES elasaoe OO %pecheeece-o aZanLrOSWOL,.2-ccicc em ate siete nero elon — =m i= 4 |e Se)e Olea cieeesceis | : Maria G olodOfs cece < os6 --:ewieras wee we oie la = 2G | ASE re ee Vote erase CORTE eRe eee Widow; 1 child. Anna Golodof.--..--.--.- 26)\! ah sien (ke iganicenicnacec Efstafy Prokopef ......--..+.--------- CByaevile eGgoce (eeSoacosaade Wife; 1 child. Maria tProkopet.--.-s.c-seeee====eer = = 31) FF Unalaska......... Stephan Prokopef.....-.--..----------+----+- PAN avila) Ch saoodo cease Michael Artomanof......2.....----. 2h. -2s2e- 29 | M Ivan Artomanof .---..-- 202. ete - t-te eee 25 M ?) Demitry Prokopef ...-.-.-----.+----------+=- 46) M Do. Stephanide Prokopef .....--.---------------- 41| F MlizatwerOhopetes---ceen eee e ee eam amen -c 12| M Ma sProkOpets sic s foe . 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