, 1882-09-09
From Seattle We have this ::
Death of Jc hn Tod.

During the trip 10 AIissoula the assoc
ale editor Of the STATESMAN heard cUnsid-
erablo of John Tod, Of Victoria, especial
IL from Angus Mcdonald. He Was 4
prominent man in THAI country. \ DIS
patch from Victoria, September Let, gays:
Yesterday Hon. John Tod, oae q the
most remarkable OF the hardy pioneers Of
the great northwest, expired IN his ?lst
year. He was .he eldest in large Scotch
family and Was born 1T Lock Levin, Dun
har,onshire, Scotland, in I79l, and was
intended By his parents for mercantile
career. About 1907 Lord Seikirtl WIS
establishing his northwestern Immigration
scheme on the Red River Of tho North,
and Tod embarked for York factory, Hud-
sons Bay, in a company with a number Of
other daring spirits, many Of whom occu-
pied positions ci trust IN after years in
the extensive POSSESSIONS of the Hudson
Bay Co. The deceased worked his way
up from a clerk 10 trader, and from a
chief to 4 factor, and then 10 chief fac
Tor IN this service. Before the century
was twenty years OF age he had trayerSed
the VAST Territory from Hudson hay TO
tho Columbia river. He remembered
every Incident Of the trouble between the
Northwest Fur Co. and the Hudson Bay
Co, which eliminated IN open hostIi'ies
on the ground on which the city Of Win
uipeg Is nov built, just outside OF cid
Fort Garry. He found his way to Mon
treal by the great lakes about the time ot
the war OF 1872. There was scarcely =
fort in those early days that b. did not
know, and several We're af-crward estao-
lished by him. For nine years sUbse-
quently, ou; in the Peace river country,
he never saw The face q; white person
or heard The sound of his mother torgue.
More than 10 Years ago he Was selected
TO take charge oi old Fort kamloops, AZ
ter the death Of a chief factor iamet!
Black, who vas shot by an Indian i'll the
hall of the foit. 81 this time cid Nicola,
from whom Nicola river and valley we've
named, and his large tribe we're much dis
Affected and the position ot The deceased
gentleman was one Of extreme peril He
WIS i man who never knew whit feai
was. Oh one occasion Nicola aud large
hand Of Indians managed 10 get III tho
:o:t enclosure fer the purpose OF killing
the master and plundering the premises.
Mr. Tod being almost alone and unaided,
ordered several kegs Of powder 10 be
brought 10 him, aad knocking out the
head of one, he couily lighted match
and threatened TO blow No the fort, him,
sell and ali ;he Indians by whom he w,
surrounded, unless they at once left the
place and neighborhood. l. is needles:
20 say that he vas soon master Il the SIT.
uation. and from that tine al icsubor
dina;ioa among The Indians was al 81
end. On another occasion while eas, O.
the Rockies, the smallpox broke out
sIong the natives, and they imagined
that Mr.. Tod, the only white man among
them, spread the fearful disease intention,
ally. \ large deru,a,ion waited upon
him 10 talk the matter over, snf during
- conference he was openly accused oi
wanting 70 H.! all the Indians.
Ii, said Mr.. I'd, L vented L. XII
sou ST. have o.ly 70 ;ske tie egrk su-
Cd. ;'..s . J-:,,, YlIins It su' Of h.s pocket
as ie p. kz, "41d evsry Indian n IL,
room uld De - dead man. This re,
malkat'e instance I ,sc, aad presence oi
mind, ,a,,l.l aha; difficulty, ard hs u.
iis: RI, f-a-a tAs; time vas Supreme
i should have been s.af.l D. fhs sc.
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tsrwaEds .uuof'alE.i - Washington II.
v.u-.
lie Tas ooB-snporsry II lie ,e.shrs.
ted Dr.. .IeLauehlia, srd ras carly son.
nsctsi III h Fcrt EaHc sver. tie retired
from the service Of the H. Z. Co, ate,
leaving k,snloops. Ab1u: lisa. o- lsiS, ard
settled al Ii. iste Ees;deEoe On Csdtese