The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-23
An ARCTIC FARCE.
Reports Of the Scent Seizures
in Behring Sea.
RETURN OF TWO scHooNERs.
,seravery Of Sew ard Cory Hareos
South 81 TugidAk Isfana-A Good
Catch Reported
s.s Fraaelsco ca-asic;e.

No. re cid rot get sesxed. and re did
rot 20 poaching IN The Beh-sng sea, said
CAPTAIN Scott with smile rs he and Cap
tasa Esgm.n we're msncting Eastern oTs-
,sys and as.5g good SA1te-re 10 assist n
the operation N q downtown restaurant
las. light These remarks were provoked
by the innocent query OF Caycsssels re-
porter
The two young ravigators lad lust ar
rived from tie North in their sealing and
hunting sehcone-s, after a profitable sea-
son Captain 4. II. HaSmaa commanded
the Alexander, and Captain George Scot,
so1ght the elusive sea otter and captured
TIE aquatic seal on the schooner City OF san
Diego.
VIVA, kind OF trip did you have. Cap
tar Scott ?" was asked
Very good. indeed. left here on the
2stl Of March last for Alaskan waters We
crGised among the Choumagin islands IN
ii the ssh OF August We brough; back
catch OF sevsnfy-ioar sea otter ani fifty
nine fer seals. which Is pretty good work
for the time
Captain Hagman. who was working in
the same waters. brought back the skins Of
hfty-three sea otter and fifteen seals. He
left this port On February I. The skins OF
the otter are worth over 500 each
They brought reports from the schooner
Sylvia Handy, v hich had taken Ga seals
and twertv-nine offers, and from the San
Jose, which had caught 6ss seals and nine
offers. When they lief; everything was
quiet, and they did not know OF any Amer
can schooners that had been chased by the
revenue cutters for Illicit hunting.
But this thing OF capturing British
sehooners and putting s man aboard OF
them Is farce. The moment the cutter
leaves they send the man below. and 90
right on fishing" said Captain Scott, land,
moreover, when they have taken all they
want the vessel is headed for Victoria.
where the man is landed and told 10 go on
about his business. What can he do Why,
simply nothing. And so it viii continue
They get the cream while We take the out
side pickings. We don't think il is Just
right.
Did you have any other hunting"
oh, yes: We killed eighteen polar bears.
| killed two myself a, Broad bay. Alaska.
AID brought their heads down. During the
trip we killed over SEQ elder ducks. and |
brought whole lot OF them down with me-
We hunted and killed large number of
as 800 pounds. Captain Hagman made
similar captures Of game
Yes. and / discovered 3 new harbor,"
broke in the captain referred to.
Where
Well. ii was a coy little place and
thought that would keep il TO myself. but
it might as well be given up. 1t was 10 the
south of the little island of Kodiak Ii is
fine ha~ ha-o f,x- =.
safety for long time. had never heard
OF it before, and believe il is quite new to
white men"
Captain Hagman showed large number
Of fancy articles that he had made during
his idle hours from the ivory taken from
walruses that he had captured.
Did you hear anything OF gold miners
while up there"
an an outfit 10 go prospecting. but We did
not see any OF them going"
Talking about gold" observed Captain
Scott earnestly. as he drew buckskin
pouch from his pocket, lust lock at the
contents of this"
He presented lot of gravel which was
giitiering with small gold.
Where did you get that"
There are plenty of geese and swan in
Alaska and We used to kill large numbers
OF them. While at Broad bay | killed
several. What you see in that bag repre-
sents the contents of the crops of three of
them. Among THAI gravel there is about
81 worth OF gold. | would not venture 20
say where they got il. but know where
got il. There is no romance about the
story. Ii one could follow the geese |
suppose he could find the diggings, which
certainly must be very rich il indications
count for anything
The captains having nothing more to re-
port. and their repast having been con
Guided, they strayed out TO try ihei. luck
on land.