The sun., 1908-09-07
ONE NAN STOPS INDIAN WAR
BLIND CREEKS FORCED TO
GIVE UP THEIR VENDETTA.
"Irll Arrest You and Take You to Daws
SON" Said Fitz Horrigsn to 1000
Braves-Rew Over Outeast Husband,
Pretty suuaw and Kind Hunter.

pretty squaw and Kind Hunter.
vIcrcHrl, B. c.. Aug. s1.-This Ia the
s,ory Of short lived and bloodless war
NJ July, 1908, In which one man clothed In
the majesty Of the British law az repre-
sented by the scarlet and yellow Of the
Royal Northwest Mounted Police opposed
single handed an army of painted red
skins and conquered them.
Capt Fitz Horrigan is Of course an
Irishnan. No one but an Irishman would
have had the teneIity to tell a thousand
hostile Indians. armed for battle, that
unless they forthwith surrendered to the
law it would be his painful privilege to
iaae their weapons from them, place
them Under arrest and escort them to
the jailhouse at Dawson City. $40 miles
away. There 10 something hypnotic ir
the courage Of such man that wins sue
cess as we'll az admiration. Behlrd the
story Of Fitz Horrigan's' defeat Of the
blind Creek nation there is story Of
crime and cunning. Of love ard jealousy.
o stern primitive law and Of blind adj
beson to the old code Of blood reprisal.
To Capt Fitz Horrigan the peaceful ter
mination of an Indian war was "all In the
DAVIS work. just as staggering along q
frozen river in the teeth Of an Arctic bliz-
yard to rescue lost and suffering trav-
elle,s would have been. His otficial
report Of his achievement In daring, ,di-
plonacy 10 not illuminative. II Is brief.
however.
Il have the honor to report" he wrote
to his superior officer on bis return to
Dawson City on August 3, 'that IN obodi-
ence to Instructions proceeded with all
pnssible despatch per steamer Pauline
10 the beadwaters Of the Polly River,
arriving on July IL ultinno. accompanied
by four constahles, Foole Field and three
others. Found that the Plind Creek and
Ielly River tribes had taken tho warpath
IN the number Of perhaps 1 800 or 2.o0O
on both Sides the cause OF the trouble
being the shooting CT Jonathan. q brother
Of Chief Ijutth of tho Blind Greeks. by
Lard Bob Of the Pelly Rivers. with whom
Jonathan's klootchman twifel had. fallen
in love. and the demand ri the Blind
Creeks for I 900 blankets and thirty rifles
in satisfaction for the killing. The Pellys
were quite ready to listen to reason and
rive up the war. but the Blind Cree,,s
we're disposed to he obstinate, and It was
only when | informed them that unless
they laid down their arms and gave
pledge Of peace within ten minutes should
be obliged to arrest and take them to
Dawson that they agreed to come In.
remained to see cordial relations betw cen
the two tribes restored and left them
ieasting together.
Upon investigation / found that the
shooting Of Jonathan was plainly In self
defence, and therefore jrstifiable homi-
eide on the part Of Lard Bob. Jonathan
was a worthless Indian anyway and an
outcast from his tribe. Bob will marry
the wiow, whose gift to him of a pair Of
moccasins aroused her husbands jealous
anger and led him to attack Lizard Bob.
this fight in which Jonathan was shot
with his own rife being the original
cause Of the trouble.
'All Of which is respectfully submitted.
There Is nothing In Fitz Horrigan's
report Of the helpless terror Of the scat
tered trappers. prospectoro AID pioneer
settlers Of the desolate far northern plains
when word came to them that the Pellys
and the Blind Creeks had taken the war
path. almost 1900 strong, and there Is
nothing Of the lonely dash OF Poole Field
tn Dawson with the news. Of that hardy
proepector's 800 mile tramp over bleak
steppes. gaunt mountains and by rushing
rivers In their summer food. done In five
days and nights Of constant travelling.
To 60 back to the beginning Of the
matter two years and half ago. Jonathan,
the younger brother OF the chief Of the
Blind Creeks. became enamoured Of six
teen-year-old Lucy. She was q girl Of
social aspirations and Jonathan was the
brother Of the chief. Though he did not
bear the best name Of the young men Of
the tribe he and Lucy ate from the same
dish one evening, and afterward Jonathan
dragged her TO his own tepee by her long
black hair, these primitive manRuvres
constituting the marriage ceremony Of
their people.
Jonathan was for six full weeks lover
like husband. Then he found pleasure
In idleness, and as the northern wilds do
not acknowledge that they owe any.man
living unless he work on 1t he took to
petty theving. The thief is a pariah In
the grim north. Tribal law is stern and
ine1orable against it, Jonathan was con-
victed in the council His own brother.
ljutth the chief, pronounced the curse
Of the outcast upon him and he was driven
out of the village. forbidden ever again
tospeak 10 his old tribesfolk or be spoken
to by them.
For months Jonathan and Lucy strug-
ged for existence in the wilderness. the
woman bearing the heavier burden OF the
tight. Jonathan learned the mystery OF
distlling Siwash whiskey or hootchino,
with the primitive paraphernalia Of an old
coal oil tin, an empty salmon can and
worm made of an ancient musket barrel.
From the product Of his still he took COM
Tort and found courage to beat his spouse
with diligence and regularity. -.
baby came at last, but the young life
waspitifully handicapped, and one terrible
morning Lucy found q chill little body in
her arms. For three whole days she
rocked it and walled over 1t. while her
husband drank and slept. :.
Lizard Bob Of the Pelly Rivers found
the outcasts thus as he passed to the
North on his hunting, and In pity for the
distracted mother he broke the tribal
aw for he spoke comforting words to
her and even dug q little narrow grave
IN which the baby was laid. Th<n Bob
went his way. Lucy thought OF him
and his kindness. When he came back
again when his hunting In the North was
ended he bashfully placed In his hands
pair Of gayly beaded moccasins and
sdld TO him, For you