Douglas Island news., 1919-07-04

diuns frofu Che Arctic coast who have been trapping at Che head of 0ld Crow for several winters and hunt ing caribou there, taking Che skins back Co the coast for clothing rtcst uuskios do not want any white mon Co trap or hunt In thoir torritor, and. as Jack and Jim Kingston ar, very quick tempered. they may hav' tried Go run Che Husklcs on thc Ira limo which runs through a very goo fox country
 "Jm Kingston is thc-man whom Jim Hagen arrested at shushanno a few years ago for killing Louie shonborg He was tried at Valdez and cleared. Jack Kingston ] have known for twenty years, both iu Dawson and on Che outside. Hc is a good prospcctor and a hard-workins man. If these men don't return in .ho sprlug Che Huskies have prob lhly done away with them.
 "Alr. Jackson. a fur buyer for T II Burman. on his return from thc Arctic In December, met some Illus ,ics who were going over Co Che head 1f old Grow Co trap. and these ln-
 Hans reported chat they had met other Indians who reported that they had been down Co Boundary Line .abin and chat thcro was a lot of grub cached there by some white mon. They also said that they had found a note lcft In Che cabin which invited Che Huskios Go come and see them. The Kiugslons they said. had put out traps on the traplino and in Che territory claimed by Che uuskies This note is said to have been given to Che R. N. W. M. p. at Rampant House peputy McGuIres latest report says that this portion 1f Che story is untruol
 Sergeant Todd. who is In charge hero. sent out Constable Taylor and ,rchic Liuklater .an old guide and interpreter for years for Che Hudson Bay people and Che Dawson police They have not returned yet. but were expected back before Che brcak-up. (This is tho party which
 ras halted by overflows twenty miles from Che Boundary cabin) They were seen by Jimmy Che Turk "a native. but gave him no mformo- ton
 "Thc Kingston brothers have not -omc back Co Fort Yukon. as they would certainly have been seen by some of the natives or white mon trapping In the district. An the trap oers but one man have been in Fort Yukon this winter. but none report ed seeing Che men. Tho Chandlar have not seen any white men this winter. nor have Che Fort Yukon mo- dives and an Of them knew the Kincstons Most of them haze been
 n during Che winter and spring. as well as Che Christian river Indians. know them all. about one-halt Of them speaking English. and they have not seen tho missing men on their trap lines and say no white men have been trapping In their territory.
 "I heve thoroughly investigated Che rumor that two men were killed over on tho other side Of Christian river by Zias Simmons two children ! last fall Fish camp. whore llas. wife and two children were camped last fnu drying meat. is on the di- vide between Christian river and thc east fork CT tho Chaudlar. at Che head of Big creek This is above timber line and there is no wood thcro except brush and willows.
 "Thc children mentioned arc a boy "a years old and a girls i4 years of age. who is frail and weak. They went ou. Co pack In some meat Co Ifry. a distance Of about three miles from camp. While on this trip a fog came up. Returning. they had their dogs loaded with meat they said that the dogs saw the bushes move. The boy stated that he had sIneio-shot .22 calibre rifle with which ho nord two times into tho brush. after which Che dogs quit barking and Che children ran home
 "Whon they reached camp both were crying and said they had seen two brush men. When they asked othe. natives about Che brush men thc5 took back their former state mont and said they had only seen Che brush move. No men were seen there.
 "Tms place is about 200 miles from Boundary Line cabin in the di- rection of Fort Yukon. and the Kingstons could not have gone back to it even if lost without some of