Thursday, Beeember 4. 1982. THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. The Home of Quality Meat Products ‘Williams Lake Meat Market One of the strangest and of the Cariboo in the days 0 Cariboo Cameron, was told to John A. Cameron, who was to go (20% Off on these Floor Models Electric Washing Machines THOR TURB-O-ROLL SIMPLICITY Gas Washing Machine SIMPLICITY COOLERATOR REFRIGERATOR 9 cu. ft. mod A chance of a lifetime in these new miachines that have been used as floor models Lake Hardware & Plumbing eron, first came to British Columbia in 1862 from his home in Glengary, Ontario. With him were his lovely wife Sophia, and their small daugh- ter. The new settlers were only in Vic- toria a week when tragedy first struck. The little girl became ill and died. Terribly stricken by this tra- gedy, the Camerons did not know whom to turn to in this strange land and it was at this point that a maa stepped into the scene who was to be the means of linking John Cam- eron with the history of the Cariboo. Robert Stevenson was a commis- sion agent and storekeeper at Antler Creek and a visit to Victoria coin- cided with the arrival of the Camer- ons. He took a liking to John Cam- eron and offered him a partnership in his store. This offer was accepted and July 25, 1862, Cariboo Cameron and his 28-year-old wife arrived at Antler Creek with a shipment of stock for Yhe winner in any sport has just that extra edge on his com- ; petition. That’s what Harwood’s has over | other brands of quality f <3 rye. So, for years, : - discriminating people | - have agreed that thisis j CANADA’S FINEST This aavertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia the store. These stocks included such things as candles that sold at $5 a pound and matches at $1.50 a box. Nails and butter also commanded a price of $5 a pound. INTEREST WAS GOLD But whether you operated a store or any other business in the Antler Creek district in the ‘60's, your principal interest was gold, and Cameron and Stevenson were no ex- ception. Working with a group of men, including James and Charles Clemdenning, R. Rivers, ‘Doc’ Crayne and Allan McDonald the partners established the ‘Cameron Claim’ on Williams Creek and a shaft was sunk to a depth of 22 feet. But there was no gold found in this first attempt and the others in the syndicate gave up and left the claim to Cameron and Stevenson. The two men sunk a second shaft that immediately rewarded their efforts and the Cameron claim started paying off in gold, a run that was:to|| continue until a million dollars) worth of the yellow metal had een. taken from the vein. But another tragedy was in store for Cariboo Cameron and on October 23 his wife died at Richfield, a vie- tim of typhoid fever. Here began the story of the wierd- est funeral cortege in history. Cameron was determined to take his wife’s body home to Glengary for burial and with this thought upper- most in his mind, he had one of the men make a metal box into which the wooden coffin was placed and the outer box sealed. The first funeral service was completed. pil ae | Neufeld Bros. Ford and Monarch Dealers Atlas Tires NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS Imperial Oil Products Atlas Batteries Ford Farm Equipment Garaye IN STOCK SOME USED-CARS AND TRUCKS : Henry Neufeld NEUFELD BROS. GARAGE John Neufeld munity Club last Friday by Dr. down in history as ‘Cariboo’ Cam-| Historian Relates The Strange Tale Of The Famous ‘Cariboo’ Cameron least known tales to come out f the gold rush, the story of members of the Horsefly Com- A. H. Bayne. The last day of January twenty men started out from Richfield drag- ging the coffin on a sled built for the purpose. The first night out they reached Maloney’s at Quesnel Forks and with the hardest part of the haul over, 14 of the original party turned back. The remainder hauled the sled to Beaver Lake where a horse was purchased to make the trip to Victoria. TYPHOID PLAGUE The original notes that were made at the time of the trip made record of evidence of the dreaded typhoid plague which had swept through the Indian population. At Beaver Lake 90 snow graves were counted. These mounds of snow marked the tempor- ary resting place of the plague vic- tims, who would be buried in proper graves when the frost came out of the ground in the spring. At Wil- liams lake 125 snow graves were noted, and farther down the Cariboo trail, at Wright's, two graves could be seen. One of these marked the resting place of an Indian child aad the other contained the mortal re- mains of a man who had lost a friendly argument in a poker game, the speaker stated. The party reached its Victoria destination March 6, 1863. There the metal coffin was unsealed, filled with alcohol and sealed up again. Two days later the coffin was lower- ed into the grave at a ceremony at- tended by $00 miners. The second burial service was over. TO GLENGARY Following the service, Cameron returned to Richfield to work on his claim and on October 6 he once more turned up at Victoria to carry out his mission of taking his wife’s body back to Glengary. Official permission was obtained to exhume the remains of Mrs. Cam- eron and after a voyage through the Panama Canal and finally a trip by jand from Montreal, Cariboo Cam- eron arrived back home. Here an incident occured that to havestrange: repercussions, ee his @aughter’s body was preserved in the sealed casket, Mrs Cameron’s father asked permission to see her face. This request was turned down by Cameron and uo persuasion could sway him. The funeral was conducted without the casket being disturbed — and so the third burial service was complet- ed. STRANGE RUMOURS Cariboo Cameron stayed in the east, and as the years went by strange rumours began to be circulated about his life in the west. It was said that the woman whose body lay in the sealed casket was not his wife; that Cameron had sold his Glengary bride to an Indian chief and concoct- ed the story of her death. Newspaper stories were written about this alleged crime and a play written around the theme of Ca: boo Cameron's bride ran on Broad- way for two years, Friends kept ure- ing Cameron to allow the casket to be raised and proof of identity established. This he refused to do for nine long years before finally agreeing. Again the scene switched to Glen- gary and a family, group gathered around the grave of Mrs. Cameron. ‘The coffin was raised and a hole cut in the metal container. Her father leaned over and made positive iden- tification of his daughter. 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His body rests in the | quiet cemetery at Camrontown on Williams. Creek, overlooking the scene of his unparalleled successes. OBITUARY ROSE EMMA TIBER Passed away suddenly November 17, at her home- in Seaford, B.C., Mrs. Rose Emma Tiber. She leaves to mourn her passing two daughters, Billie Downing at home and Ethel Dion of Vancouver; two granddaughters; one great grandson; one sister, Mrs. S. Bruce, Delake, Ore.; three brothers, Harry White of Toronto; Thomas White, Vancouver; Walter E. White, Wil- liams Lake. | Central Eress Canadian The toast of Montreal junior puck circles is Henri “Pocket Rocket” Richard, the 16-year-old brother of the famous Canadien right winger. Montreal Canadiens’ hockey brass compare the 5-foot 6-inch 148-pound copy of the NHL's top scorer io such all-time greats as Charlie Conacher and Bill Taylor. Doug Howie, mem- ber of the Canadien organization for 25 years, claims young Henri (seen above) is a better player than Maurice was al the same age. 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