Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-12

Whils at Chewels, recently, met
rsnoy McKensie, . noeed haif-bree<i
-. VIII u known thrUogb0ut The
~ Nogfhuest frem Nontans 70 n get
6Cund. she lives " . log cabin IN one
r skooe little fertile valleys which
eknnnd in the mountainous districts Of
Weoktnrson Territory. on the Chill
dkor3-sr mouse. Nancy. - she u Ia
nliiasiy known, ID iarge-framed, tall
Vc1sn. about sixty yesfs Of age, who
80 more alter her indian y other
1kan hef scotch fsther, who, - an en-
Nod man In The service Of the Had-
"a Bay Company left his home In tue
Ofansy Islands about rs years ago and
seughs wealth and adventure In ths
uniSOdden and unknown regions oi
- Nofthwsst, wbsre his ensplOyem,
- Hndson Bay U0eapany. were ssek-
- q susshish r. ding pO u and ssin
{ loothoid n the name Of the Br tish
csUwn in & territory that John Jacob
Assoe Wss trying 70 gain possession Of
= 3 leesieF Tor his newly established
IN, Astoria, at the mouth Of the Co
lnpbss River. He vas one Of those
~ and daring iaeH, the records Of
Whose pf0Sess are only prceerved In
~ oitrtoi,i legends oi the past that
~ narrated and listened - by halt
clpthed sayagcs around tho1r wiutSr
camp tircs. He married m Indian
ueuian and Loaf all dcsire 70 leave the
ulld home aud associates with whom
elFcumstances had ,arown him. IL il
more than even hunted thai he joined
ths sasagcs la some Of their f1rst wars
With the white-, and hat more than
once his hand was red with the baoo.i
Of his fellow whose lonely
cabins he had with his savagcs bred
with the midnight torch.
Be this ~ II may, Nancy grew ~
vomanhood under his tuteisge and
around his camp NE, following him In
his migrations from the buffalo hunt
inn grounds 1T Montana 10 the salmon
creeks that empty their waters into
The great Columbia, and to Puget
sound. where the wandering tribes OF
sAvagcs would congregnte 1t certain
SEASONS. In her younger days she
nust doubtless have been . model Tor
Ne sculptor in physlc development,
ior. though aged and wriukied, she Il
neariy AN feet high and straight ~ the
typscAi Indian. with strong and deeply
DGnctisd features.
Notwithstanding her sex she became
Z npssd lnsrksinAn and hunter. Viii h
eAAneeoristics distinguish her 10 this
~. ehe wns married young, as II the
cunon among Indians of her mothers
M = Scotchmsn, who. like her
49,. belonged 70 the Hudson Bay
QnDsny, and after bufieting With The
~ E emigration which had begun ~
- aeFoss The Rocky Mountains and
- hon California. they settled In the
Maey who're sne now lives alone and
unbranded ssve BY the wandering
haads Of Indians, who never pass her
e11tn ". she Is . widow; her hus-
bani. Pntrick Mckenzie, having died
u consumption . few years since, and
b he last representative Of her race
iQe Der numerous progeny have either
e1ccQnbed toc0nsumpt,ou,t the scourKe
q mtxsd races. or have felt the hang
nAn's moose Of the vigiiAntes for riding
"a he horses and driving OF the cat
u ut the rancher.
Nancy stlil clings 10 the habit Of her
youth. and may be seen every day rid
ing astride OF her tough cayuse pony,
driving her small band Of horses aud
cattle TO the ranges In the mountains
y Kaiiopsng away down tae worn In
dian trail. followed by two powerfully
knit and deep-voicei deer hounds. ~
- goes out To enjoy . days sport
hunting the deer along the mountain
vldss or the black bea In the swamps.
She always carries her old-style Henry
nne on her shoulder. and maintains her
sspatAtiDu ~ a marksnsn and hunter,
- always has her nisst-house we'll
Stored wsth yenison, while bear-skins.
aniisfs and other trophies supply the
place Ut furniture IN her cabin.
Vas toid q little story concerning
her BY physician who lives near by.
Ne said that few days before he Wa
Get IN the swamps back OF his house
hunstng pheassnts. when he heard the
NAarp crack Of = rifle near ~ hand.
ihinaing II MAS some of has netHhbors
fho had scared uo deer In the swamp.
~ FASTENED 10 the spot and found Nan
Mckensie. with q smoking gun in
hAna. peeriag towards the roots Of an
sFterned Or tire. On asking her what
sae bad shot. she replied in French
We sh< MY peaks Indian and + ench
IN she hal shot q bear standing
s@Aaast the rsoi of the tres aud Was
not certain whether GER not she had
siassd him. The doctor admitted thai
~ kases snot. together little when
8 - iosked In the direction indicated
ssa sss great shaggy object rolling
aasat en- the ground. Nancy said she
vas eat OF ammunition, and asked him
Ss'se hrsin parting shot. The doc
vas ssAnk man. aud he again H.
NJ I'd that he shot and that The eesT
ueo. bat that, upon a close examtps'
90, q Was found that be had moi
touched hair.
HE aasoad history of Saney's LIT,
vssd tii an interesting volume viii
sdssnsasvs caual 30 those II Kit Car