The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-14
/ strange indian STORY.
WILD REPORT SENT OUT ABOUT
"AUK, THD NAIL CARRIER"
DisDatcA From victsria Tells Of .
thousand Famiahing Men COMING
Out Over the Trail - Men Who
Talked win Aux Say 1t IL . Fake.

An Associated Press dispatch sent out
from Victoria, B. c.. in the early report
yesterday morning said that the steamer
City of Topeka. from Dyea, brought news
that more than 1000 iil-proyisioned men
stampeded from Dawson during the latter
part OF October and. impelled by the haunt
ing fear of famine, are now madiy forcing
their way over the mountains. Continu-
ing. the story said: AUX, the Indian mail
carrier, who brings this report. left the
Yukon capital fully ten days after the
Dalton party. He says that the vanguard
OF the terror-stricken army Is following
less than q week behing him. AUX declares
army will never live to recite the terrors
of their fight from the north.
The river steamers Bella and Weare, IL
now appears did not land more than 100
tons of provisions on their arrival in Daw-
son in the early part of October. owing to
their having been held up at Circle City.
The above story is undoubtedly fake
The man who knows more about IL than
any other man, save perhaps AUX himself,
is in Seattle. and when he saw the Assoei-
ated Press dispatch last night he laughed
heartily. declaring that there was not one
word of truth in II. II is hard matter
to get around dates. This story first start
ed in Juneau November q. when AUX
made his first talk. The 1000 men were
three days behind him. As yet nothing
has been heard Of this invading army.
Charles G. Wood, a well-known syndicate
writer, who arrived in Seattle Sunday
afternoon on the steamship City OF To-
peka from Juneau, is the man 10 wnom
this story was shown az the Butler hotel
last night.
After reading the story Mr.. Wood lean
ed back in mis- chair and had hearty
laugh. There is not one word OF truth
In it," he said. Il took the trouble to
hunt up this Indian at Juneau and dis
covered after a few moments converse
ton that he did not know what he was
talking about do not believe that the
man ever saw Dawson, and as for his
leaving fully ten days after the Dalton
party he did not know himself when ne
left or anything about the condition or
affairs there.
This is the way the story came out:
About November q there was rumor IN
Juneau. where / was staying. about an
Indian courier having arrived to prepare
the people Cor an invasion OF 1900 men
from Dawson. I finally discovered the
Indian and had q talk with him. His
name was John, but az he belonged to tho
AUX tribe. called him AUX. After few
minutes conversation / saw that ne did
not know what he was talking about and
became satisfied that the story was a
fake. He affirmed that he was the Indian
who had come out from Dawson, but his
answers TO all questions concerning that
place and the condition OF affairs were 50
vague and unsatisfactory tina; I became
satisfied ne did not know what he was
talking about He did not know when he
left Dawson, but insisted that he vas
ahead three days Of 400 people. could
no, get any idea Of how he reached Ju-
reau as no steamers had arrived from
pyea or skaguay. ! left Juneau Dsc-m-
Der 8. and up 20 that time nothing had
been heard OF the seo5 men who were
three days behind AUX
AT Victoria told reporter about The
Indian story bur stated that II was not
believed in juneau. 7 suppose that ny