The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-05
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great ravenous funnel had been satiated.
The cavity filed with water and was
silent Bus IL was short safety. 1t quickly
opened its dark and unfathOmAble depths
again as wide as before, and gave out a
roaring snore that made she very mount
aims tremble.
Cautiously we three withdrew frsm the
edge of the preoipice. IL certainly was not
a safe place TO linger.
well, remarked Leger with a Sigh
for he had been rather fond Of the Indian
that's the last weIl ever see Of poor
Klikat."
We Immediately retraced our steps a
| distance Of about five miles, and on reach
ing lower altitude discovered some very
good passes leading TO the north west We
had decided to abandon the main divide
and proceed direct to the Kootenai country
and KootenRi lake in British Columbia
| After many hardships and much rouRhing
through wilderness hitherto almost un-
known to civilized men we at last reached
the south shore Of Lake Kootenai, Two Of
my pack mules and my pony had died on
the journey, leaving US only one beast Of
burden, the Indians cayuse, which l be-
STROBE after Klikat's death, and the two
horses ridden by Barnes and LeQer.
We found no human habitation near the
lake at the point where we struck its shores
other than the burrow Of an old Indian
doubtless q fugitive from justice. This
aborigine owned a large and very rudely
constructed canoe, and as it was our desire
to cross over to the west shore of the lake.
where some rich placer ground had been re.
ported, We rented the Indians craft, owner
and all, and after securing our horses and
mule In a retired spot With fairly good
grass, we started across the lake.
Just before shutdown we anchored on the
west shore and pulled the canoe ont
of the water. strong breeze was
drawing down over the water from the
northsast-a very unusual thing, by the
way. We at once began preparations for q
camp fire, and it was while in the act OF
gathering dry drift wood along the shore
that Leger discovered a ghastly object w.
ing In the water within six feet of land.
II was the corpse OF a man-an Indian.
Leger at once called us TO him, and to-
gether we dragged the body ashore. The
face of the dead was badly bruised and torn
and utterly disfgured. The body was very
certainty was that the corpse was the 70.
mains of an Indian.
hold onI" suddenly exclaimed Barnes al
he bent over the dead body and cut some
thing from the neck-a piece of ragged
cloth. BY -p he cried, as he raised
himself erect and held up the article men.
toned. This is the remnant of nv silk
handkerchief, which gave to poor Kilkat
to cover the cash he cut on hts neck by that
dead limb one dsy-do you remember5 AID
seel Right here in this corner Is my mono
gram-'P. BIN silk"
IL was so. We all recognized the siIken
rag. and we all knew that the corpse before
us was the dead body of Klikat, who had
fallen into the funnel Of that awful su BIER
ranean river. fully $50 miles away. far up
in the Rockies Of Northern Montana. And
yet here was hts corpse, drifted ashore on
this lake, between which aud the big hole
in the water" there is not the slightest con-
nection, so far as mortal eyes can see. How
came he to Lake Kootenai, and how long
had he been therel
We buried poor Klikat on bit of rising
ground about fifty yards from the lake
shore, and Phil Barnes assisted IN digging
and filing his grave.