The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-08
INDIANS DETERMINED
TO KILL JACK DALTON
Angered ny His Failure to Give Pres-
ents ct Money and Goods. Have
sworn tn Take His Life.

The Cailcat Indians have declared war
on Jack Dalton, according 10 paSsenge~s
who arrived from Skagway and Pyramid
Hareor yesterday morning on he steamer
Farailor. They say there are men In Alas
ka who would hesitate d long time before
taking the chance< thai Dalton does in
remaining IN the country II Is said that
Dalton. with characteristics daring ard
SosSeaness> desies the Indians and pro-
poses 20 remain and leok after his BUSH
ness.
The arrest Of Cancas Charley for at
tempting TO Kill Dalton. as told IN the POST
iniellisetacer last week. has aroused IRE
anger Of all the lighting Indians in the
triba They cried eus for yengeaace whes.
they saw Charley tassea OF in irons II me
custody ~ the United States marshal The
presence % soldiers * Is believed is all
that keeps them quiet.
A packer who returned yesterday gave
70 foS;-Inselligencer reporter the fol-
lowing statement ~ the troghles
The Chilca, Indians claim that Dalton
has made them many promises If money
and presents. which he has never kept.
They have sworn 20 take hts iife IL would
surprise me ltsle If they finally succeeded
in killing Alaska's daring pathfinder. nal-
ton discovered the trail that runs from
Pyramid Harbor up the Chlicat river and
over the rolling hills of the Interior ID
Five Finger rapids, Last year many head
Of stock Mere driven ii over tais trati, and
the drivers killed OF i great amount ~
game Several parties came ou; and wero
met with scant friena.iness from the In
dams along the trail The latter obiected
10 SO many people using this trail, and
are d'sp,eased al Isaltoa's hndlng Il.
When Dalton started his hig pack train
scheme this year he made the Indians soma
promises. which he failed 10 keep. What
these promises were | do not Know. The
other packers on the trail have been try
Ing 10 persuade Dalton TO settle with thu
Indians. but his fightins blood Is up and
he refuses 70 do So"
The Farallon arrived in port at o'clock
yesterday morning with seventy rasSen-
gers about evenly divided from Juneau.
Skagway and Wransei. Many 81 her Jul
neau passengers we're members OF the par
tv that came from Copper river on tha
wo.cott part of whom arrived here July
4 on the Discovery. Their stories cofg'obo-
rate the statements made by the Ihsaor-
erv's passengers. and are along ''hard
luck" lines.
Cant. John Roberts reports passing the
steamer Del Norse with four tows thirty
miles south OF Wrangel on July 3. Theirs
was a sirong wind blowing from the south
east ar the time. and the Del Norte had
AL ntf sAits sNks kfES tR@S Wtft hebhshS
around like eorks. but seemed In good con-
dltion. The steamer Navarro was seen
July IN Queen Charlotte sound The
Fara,ion viii leave port on Saturday with
tho United States mail and sixty horses
for Wrangel. She brought tha following
passengers 10 Seattle:
From Shagway-~W. e. Myers. Mrs. JARS.
w, A. Ware. J. W. Pike George I.angdon.
d. e. Filkins. G. {. Clinton. J. W. Curtis.
A. W. Belnls. c. c. Penrose. j. j. Me-
Cam. r. w wyre. ". Carlton. Mrs.
Kistt and daughter. G. T.. Cowen. y. a.
Jones Al Closner, William Schultz, L. f.
Kachei. p Perkins w. r. Kelly, A. Ham
sen. n n. ke4thley and wife. r, NJ. Kelly.
A. Cunningham.
From Juneau-B. r. Droadfe,d J. A. LID
die. r w Austin. II, Eunson. Mrs. slim
son. q. r. Bshee. r. o'Neil. w. conliin
and two sons. q. r. Clarke. l.. A. CaTnn-
bell. John r Void. r: A. Kanter. NJ.
Pound Chris kuhl r. II. Horford.
From Wrangel-Ars, Force and son, q.
r. Richmond. A. ]. Hasscll. Mrs. j. CO.
hen. W H. nunphy. George BARLOW: a.
Weber. J. j. Daiy. T.. q. Allen. j. c. Rob-
inson. J. F. Storms. y. r.. LAYTON. A. Oh
sen. John Sullivan. a. Horton. q. David
SON. A. W. Semenager. j. r.. Troy. 9.
Thurs,on, John Tun r. Hsxc~tv J. w.
Hendricks. W. Rankin. r. r.. Stanton. j.
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