The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-22
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Arthur Jordan. hunter. frspper. miner
ana KinnAike gsasds, has played the ross
Of John Smith. while PocztonsAs VAS
imrersonated by Annofa. = SsaEsIfus
maiden Of the tribe OF Ch4xxs Indiasss.
Like John 6snssh. Mr.. Jordan II m Es-
giIxhmas. While on q hurting sxpsos-
ALTON In British Columbia Just tan YEAR,
oso he vas captured By the chLkat la.
dams GA 6kseaA river. ca ths old TstS-
CRASH trail To the Yukon gold regions. lie
Vas suLjrete6 10 HAHy cruel s1rsuFss.
hut an Indian nssIdsn who fell In s1se
with h.rs planned htx escape. 2ad 10 Der
XIII and strategy he owes nls Ifss Not
eAiy di4 SHE save his life. but she saved
a bucksAin has ISL Of gaid dust worth
E.oo.
In truth. John Smiths experience with
Chief Pewbatsn IN cd Virginia 10 not ia
II when Arthur Jofdan's tale OF love ard
adventure with the Chiikat Indians in the
ffosea north h tod. So let the bold nun
Ter tell his own stery sn his own way:
seTwsnfy years ago ] WAS lad OF 10
summers LIVING With my father. VINO -
proprietor of the Jordan Iron works In
Bristol. England, ard j ran away from
Asms ana came TO America" began Ar.
Jordan ~ hs sat IN y quiet corner OF the
corridor Of the Laclede hotel. and mar
rated his experiences 10 q Globe Democrat
man. Jordan was alfred In common
black suit OF clothes, with black s.otsch
hat, but wore high top boots OF yellow
tanned leather that laced UP 10 tbs knees.
They are the boots worn BY al! the miners
Of the west. Mr.. Jordan In Of medium
height and Of strong build. and his rsddy
eheeks are bronzsd by years Of exposure.
II have spent fifteen yesrs in hunting
and trapping. and occasionally mining. In
the Northwest Territory" continued Mr.
Jordan. In the sTsing Of ls1 | was At
the head Of Stewart river. 80 mites east
of the spot where Dawson now
stands. My sole companion was CaiIkzt
Indian of the aame ~ Seeta- We had q
cAyuse apiece 10 ride. and we slept In 3
tspes made Of caribou skins. Al tbs head
Of Stewart river are three small iakss
locked in the noun talEx. and as We saw
some cD.ee on tts Surface there ws pitched
our tepee and made some washings Tor
gold. We bad only one geld pan. but
with the additional OF frying pan
the Indian and l washed cut $500 worth
OF gold dnst We remained In that region
until 1855 and had fine sport In bear hint
ing When We left Ne creased the sources
OF the Peily and Lard rivers, and pushed
on to Lake Telsa, 10 miles northeast Of
Dyea.
by the summer Of isss we had come as
far south as the Skeena river The Chill
hat Indians At the time were N an up
rising against the white hunters. but !
knew nothing about II. One fine after
noon Seeta ard 1 rode into a beautiful
valley that lay between two tall noun
tain peaks. ! waz admifinx the scenery.
~ nature wan there dIsr.ayed In ali her
rugged and primitive beauty. Suddenly
0esta. whose Indian mind was keen and
alert. called my attention 20 the fact that
We were nearing chilkat indian village
I was congratuiating myself on this fact.
rs I YVES glad 10 reach even an Indian
village after three yrars spent with only
my Indian conpa nion In the mountains
and plains 10 the north. ! was contemplate
Ing 4 friendly greeting at the village as
an Indian dog harked savassly At my
coming Suddenly a half dozen stalwart
either side OF the trait aud covered Seeta
and me wish their muskets. OF course,
Discretion told me 10 MIKE no resistance.
II was only a moment until the bucks had
disatmed seeta and mc. and had taken
our ponies Then. as they led US into the
Indian village. We fully realized that the
episode meant our capture.
There we're about no chiikat braves and
sauaws In the village. They were In their
war paint and had eeen giving war dances.
A. aeeta could speak The en- skat iansua we,
ard as could understand some Of 1t,
fearned then for the first time that the
tribe was IN a fighting humor because the
pa.efaces had poaeAed on their hunting
grounds The Indians treated Sesta and
ms with great courtesy and good will for
one week. although they kept us under
Euard constantly. Then our ,ortures be-
gan. They tied our hands ard feet with
thongs ~ hnckskir and peggsd us 20 TO
the ground fat on cur hacks. The thongs
were drawn ~ tightly around my wrists
ard ankles that they sank into the aesh
and snserfsred with the circulation 1f The
-.
Tag agony. Every night Seeta and were
tied down In this manner. sua strong
guard kept ever ns b: two or three young
bucks While was wing thus Ga. on ray
hack. and uhselc 10 move. the Indian
guards threw mad in my face and walked
over nae.
AFTER | had beet. tied dawn every nisht
For kis weeks then was doomed 20 a new
FORM If torture. Ore morning after I had
been unregsee from the ground the In
dams held a war dance around nse. Then
they tied A bnckBksn sariat around one az
ray ankles ard fastened a saft carbon
blanket robe over the back OF my head
and shoulders. big hnes mounted a
pony with the iarIat IN hts hands ans.
started oser che rough ground AZ a lively
gallon. ard was dragged hshind II
were captured Eek used In making srail
for pack cf voung hounds Th. Indians
hal ti~i the car hea robe en- nv head %
arsveat nv skull ;rcn hsing fractured
and ms brains from eslnx Knocked ous
oh. I Eell yea. these Cailkafs are holy
ssrr0rs
'NCs course 7 bad not beer dragged owes
the Ernuna hat a sh@ff distance until
wss Knocked insenSihis. Whsn I re-.
gained CONSEQUENCES II VAS late a. night
wss fat NV back. pswx~st IOWA ard
wss weak and faint hsau;iEe3 yauns
Oh Nat esTl. not over l. years old wsi
crcuchlng rear me she whispered sn
Arnksa Frgttxh an8 informed me stsa, she
would try 10 arrange = psau Gar Sewss
ard Fne So escape, aae sad that the In.
asaas bad considered ne szfsass Gsad and
sor THAT reason oslsy eae sgek had beer
detailed - quart me thar nisat. AMI ~
had erawisa inee the aFssa 20 sssen sns
sot1 me e. 'rasF siss So that shg Sssi
lance ~ lhe nkght guard wOaiA ~ re-
saseA she xs5a she had hietessv se,
neurte5 re - eawe - essa~r ~ ward eS
any sWStstcgos tkat she Tssgnt aAA rae !.
her Simple @sv sAs expressed srest tsHs
~ sne. aaa Ssta sAn wanted - see uss
escape ard tAEt wAen th# tndtsns cut
The wArssash AEi peace AS restored
s,sai3 return srd rtserw HeT of course
under the circumstance eayst nes vrA
fest asAisst sSeFzsas fr3aa asa Sc ms pep
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