Thursday, September 22, 1955 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKR, B.C. Page 8 CANIMAHOOD Road Construction On New Rovte Starts" Work on construction-of the new road in the west end of Wells Gray Park commenced September 12 with the-arrival by plane at Mahood Lake Forestry pier of the engineers, D. F. Dembiske, divisional engineer, Kam- ioops, Wm. Bos, Kamloops, and McGregor, bridge foreman, Salmon Arm. ‘They were joined by Kenneth Hig- gins who has been oppointed fore- man. The afternoon was spent lo- cating the road and sites for the two bridges to be constructed. The engineers were transported in West- ern Pacific Airlines Cessna by Jim. Marshall. DURING the past week practical- ly every resident with all local boats has joined in the sad search for yi tis of the drowning on Canim Lake for whose relatives the deepest sym- pathy is felt. The loss of these useful citizens will also be deeply felt in their respective communities. MR. and MRS. EDWARD HIG- GUNS spent the weekend at Roe Lake MR. and MRS. AL OLSON mo- tored to Clinton on Monday. A DISTINGUISHED TRAVELLER who last week visited Wells Gray Park in company with Les Cook, park supervisor, was the eminent scientist Dr. Mosley, who in persu- ance of scientific investigations in Asia and Africa achieved world = We are proud to announce the great new McCulloch 4-30A Chain Saw. Ideal for 1-man felling, bucking, limbing-.. . . in timber up to 5 feet thick! See us for full details and free demonstration. GORDON COLE Corner Railway Avenue and Yorston Street WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. wide fame. He has made several contributions to the British Museum. Dr. Mosey ahs made a special study of the diseases of shell fish and their transmission to human beings. This was Dr. Mosley’s second visit to the park and was very brief. He was piloted by Jim Marshall. VICTOR LINDALL, who will leave shortly for St. Johns, Quebec. to take a position as physical educa- tion instructor in the Air Force, left Jast Thursday for his home in Vic- toria, MRS. C. A. GAGLARDI arrived home last Tuesday after a week's visit with her sister, Mrs. Hayward at Langley Prairie and her mother, Mrs. James Brand, of West Van- couver. MRS. LAURA ROSE and Vaughn Naff motored from Seattle last week to visit a few days with their bro- ther and father John Naff at Canim Lake east. MR. and’ MRS. SPUD MURPHY of Camano Island, who were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ol- son, left for home last Monday. MR. and MRS. LYAL BUMM- GARTNER of Calffornia, recent vis tors for two weeks of Mr. and Mrs Robt. Fish of Cariboo Canim Re- sort, left last week for Ohio and various points in the east. Mrs. Bummgartner accompanied Mrs. Fish and daughter to Kamloops and Mr. Bummgartner was on a hunting trip with Mr. Fish. The couple, while on a year’s holiday from teaching. are making an educational survey tor the California state department of education. HERBERT BLACKLOCK has moved his sawill to Lac La Hache from Canimred Creek by Flalrerty’s truck. ° Nature Scrapbook (Continued from Page 2) lessly and lead nowhere. 4. Signal of distress. Three shots: fire once, wait five seconds and fire again twice. 5. Remember it is warmer to sleep in a snowdrift than on the bare ground, 6. Two heavy woolen lumberman’s shirts are more comfortable and ‘warmer than a sweater or a coat. 7. If lost in unknown territory, find a stream and follow it down, it will generally-bring you out near, habitation. : Chilcotin War Brought Threat Of Indian Uprising To Interior The “Chilcotin War,” as it was known locally in the 1860’s, was the subject of discussion at the last meeting of the Historical Society. The main portion of the meeting was the reading of the compiled papers of the uprising, obtained from the Provincial Archives. Society president Henry Windt openea the discussion by filling in some background on the Chilcotin Indians and the papers were read by Doug* Stevenson. Mr. Windt told his audience that the Chilcotin tribes had always shown a warlike disposition, both prior and subsequent to the appear- ance of the white man in the Cari- oo. There had been battles with the Indians at what later became known as Fort Alexander, which continued in a smaller way even after the Hud- son’s Bay Company established their fort there about 1800. There is also evidence of battle grounds on the banks of the Fraser near the mouth of Williams Lake Creek where the tribes on the east side tried to hold back the Chilcotins in their raids. As late as 1862 the Chilcotins were at war with the Bella Coola tribes. The proposal of a road through the Chilcotin, which was the start of the trouble, was the idea of Alfred Waddington, a merchant of Vic- toria, who did not want to see sup- plies for the Cariboo gold field’ taken over a road starting from New Westminster or some other mainland point. Col. Palmer, an army engineer, went overland from Fort Alexande? to Puntzi Lake and on to salt water. He considered a road on this route would he feasible and could be constructed for less than a road from Yale. Accordingly, en- gineers were sent in and in 1862 Waddington was granted a charter for the construction of what was known as the Bute Inlet Road. By 1864 a road, or pack trail, had been completed 40 or 50 miles up the valley of the Homathco River. ‘Sixteen white men in two parties of 12 and four were at work four miles apart on April 29, when the trouble started. WORKERS MASSACRED On that day, three of the 16 In- dians employed as packers, ap- proached Timothy Smith, who was in charge of the ferry crossing at the Homathco and also a considerable : supply of provisions. It is said they demanded food of Smith and shot him when he refused. Then, fired with passion, they hurried on ten miles farther to the main camp of road workers. They reached it just before daybreak, with their numbers increased from the other Indians. The road workers, unarmed and unguarded, lay in deep sleep. The murderers surrounded their camp, cut the tent poles, and fired into the fallen tents with their mus- kets, finally using their knives until all but, three were killed. One of ‘the survivors, Petersen, got out of his tent and although shot in the arm, managed to plunge into the river. close by, where the swifc waters carried him downstream halt a mile. He managed to reach the bank and was joined there by Mose- ly, @ man who had escaped almost unhurt.’ The third man, Buckley, who later joined them, had been stabbed repeatedly and left for dead by the Indians. Four miles beyond this scene, the superintendent of the crew and three men were blazing trail. Three of them were attacked and killed be- fore they could offer resistance. The fourth, a half breed who endeavour- ed to escape by running for the river, was shot near the bank and his lifeless boy tumbled into the swift waters. INDIANS REINFORCED The Indians, leaving a greater part of their booty concealed crossed the Cascade range. They appear to have received considerable reinforce- ments, amounting to about thirty in all, before they reached the house of a white settler, Manning, at Punt- zi Lake. He was soon dispatched and the assassins, with continually swell- ing number, advanced to meet a pack train with eight drivers ap- proaching from Bentinck Arm. This train, under Alexander McDonald, was carrying supplies for the Bute Inlet route. The party was ambush- ed by the Indians, now 50 or 60 strong. Three of these men were killed, but the other five managed to make good their escape. Amongst. those killed was McDonald, who was last seen behind a tree taking aim with his revolver at Tellot, the chief, who had taken a prominent part in the destruction of Waddington’s party. Favored with impunity, .the as- sassins now became promoted to the dignity of insurgents by the ad- hesion of the whole Chilcotin tribe from the summits of the Cascades to the benches of the Fraser. Fear spread through the Interior and the few settlers in the vicinity fled to the coast region. WHITE EXPEDITIONS : The news of the massacre reached the capital on May 14, 1864. The fol- lowing day a party of 28 volunteers under Charles Brew, the chief inspec- tor of police, left the capital for the scene of action. Another party of 50 was organized in the Carbioo under the command of William .G. Cox, “Judge Cox'’’ as he was commonly called The Brew party made its way to the head of the trail and finding no practical road, withdrew to their ship. A second party under Brew was sent out on June 13 to go by way of the Bentinck Arm: trail. When they arrived at the head of the arm they met the five survivors of the Me- Donald party and thus learned the details of this last massacre. Proceeding slowly inland the vol- unteers came across traces of the struggle of McDonald’s men and farther on the earth-works where the party had kept the savages at bay. Two miles beyond, on a hill near Sutliko, a palisaded block-house of the Indidns was found abandoned, and destroyed. Evidence of intention to oppose their advance were fre- quent, but the Indians fied before them in all directions. : Inthe meantime the expedition (Continued on Page 7) This Is Your Chance To Donate To Your Hospital To be conducted by Members of the Women’s Auxiliary to War Memorial Hospital ~ PORCHLIGHT PARADE’ _Monday, September 26 Lakeside - Airport - Town - Smedleyville Your Donations are for The Addition to War Memorial Hospital GIVE WHAT YOU CAN - BUT GIVE!