. Fur seal arbitration. Proceedings of the Tribunal of arbitration, convened at Paris, under the treaty between the United States ... and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February 29, 1892, for the determination of questions between the two governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Bering sea . RELATING TO PRFBILOF ISLANDS. 9 Very soon after tbe islands eanio into the possession of the AmericanGovernment all this was changed. Their nndergroundearthen lodges were replaced by warm, comfortable niIiaJeL4™wooden cottages for each family; fuel, fo
. Fur seal arbitration. Proceedings of the Tribunal of arbitration, convened at Paris, under the treaty between the United States ... and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February 29, 1892, for the determination of questions between the two governments concerning the jurisdictional rights of the United States in the waters of Bering sea . RELATING TO PRFBILOF ISLANDS. 9 Very soon after tbe islands eanio into the possession of the AmericanGovernment all this was changed. Their nndergroundearthen lodges were replaced by warm, comfortable niIiaJeL4™wooden cottages for each family; fuel, food, andclothing were furnished tliein at prices 25 per cent above thewholesale price of San Francisco; churches were built and schoolhouses maintained for their benetit, and everything done that wouldinsure their constant advancement in the way of civilization and ma-terial progress. Instead of being mere creatures of tlie whims of theirrulers they were phiced upon an equal footing with white men, and re-ceived by law a stipulated sum for each skin taken. So that about$40,000 was annually divided among the inhabitants of the two is-lands. In ])lace of the skin-clad natives living in turf lodges whichI found on arriving on the island in 1809, I left them in 1877 as wellfed, as well clothed, and as well housed as the people of some of ou
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