| | 7 “a of if 4 a. | a A : ; \ poor man’s country. His article, is:— sen. _ first, pack - train should arrive. ‘The ~, TQ Lo eS Jobson, - ‘ putation for npstting. canoes nnd atts. , “alntee’ hena. of: "a NEW. HAZELTON, B. Cay wabwESDAY.. May 4, 1982 . tn ——= ~ MeConnell on — 7 Barney Mulvaney Writes on: the Barly History _ ~~ -Lyster. (better known aa. ‘fust plain ‘Barney) Mulvaney, writes, to the Pro: vines about: MeContell Creek gold:and says his impression . ig ‘that itis nr- Early in’ 1906 Pete and” ‘Chris Jen- Bates and. Dan: “Olson,” trappers antl prospectors had: wintered betweer / the Onineca and. Ingenica rivers, took out a few ouilices: ot" course gold from the mouth of MeConmell Creek; a ‘trib: utary .to ‘the’ Ingenica’ fiver, some: 200 nilles north of Burns Lake.’ Procuring Tresh horses and “rtplies at Funda they returied ‘to MeConnell. Creek and sluice out a winter's grub stake. Snowshoeing -out to” Hazelton ir Mareh , they moved’ enough ‘supplies in by dog team to carry. ‘them until . the- first of ‘thé season found: Jim: Bates Dun and Gus Olsen, Pete and Chris. Jensen breaking trail and. opening, un the Creek, ‘The ‘enmp grew “rapidly. prospectors of every “nationality, hail- ing. frm the Klondyke, from Nome and practically: every placer camp in Nort . America, staking clams on McConnell’ Creek from end to end' and for tive miles down the Ingenica. Among them were well known pros. * peetors from the north—Ldouis Ranerl. ‘ _ Tony Minard (now of Prince George) “Dad” Johnson, Joe, Bushwa,. Charlic Munro, Pete Enoch, “Bert Glassey, Fret Hassler, Mau ‘Haslam, Bert. Schooling: alador, Bon" Lawrence, -. Louls’ Peterson, : (now. of Findlay: Forks) | a R Macdonald, Tommy King, "Tommy ’ Brewer, -Martin Kane, Charlie McClare (ost in the, Liard’ country’) Tom Har. rison, Stark and Statner, . A nan ‘named Marks interested Seat. tle capital, but ‘failed’ to‘get his machin. ery in operation; He was assisted. or- er the trail. by Hunter ‘Corner (ng, engineer on the’ ‘Francois Take ferty) Art. Skelborue,: ‘Billy: Brain and Bir Metcalfe. - Marks - required, such fm re- that old. “Cayuse” Graham, refused te cross Taek Lake on a tine aay in seuw With hin as a passenger.’ nr Following (right behind the’. disap pennies. of: the snow, and the’ cominj of luxuriant grass come the first pach train of fifty head, loaded’ with: supplier for the ‘diggings. . ‘Ow. the. trail: betivee . : the Driftwood and Ominecit, we passed n grey CRYING, lewly dead“ ‘andl: ‘ploatec ; ve from poison weet “A -quarter-of a Talli. turther on we mot an. old prospector. with a havkamore on his arn, ‘hunting for his horse. © We sent a- man bacl _ with him to strip the shoes whieh w ele preclons. en At the camp fire that. night te devel. oped that he wos Charlie Anderson o! Widorade’. tame.’ his, old sourdough who spent , a. fortune on’ wine anid wo- men withont nl whiniper,, shed tears ov: er the body. of his, saddle horse.” ‘AN these men: “werd prospectors— .Waeer miners w ho wore out picks ane shovels, fauntline. with every device by which gold could be saved: from . sine ov pave. ; But. the “flour”? ald of Me. a onmell Creek: proved, | ‘too. alae: for’ theiiy-|'o dis niost of then ‘neloniged to, the ‘ormee! 1 7 tlased,” tae Ww day or: dvavel”. ‘ela, ine « Hon't: thtik they: didn’t, ‘vote’ ‘starr jad Stalner pnt: in a, ‘hig w ator - whee “Tite, ‘nafles' down: the Tngenica, operating | Hl Chere, PUNT, w hich, Baye! them * ing! riter. on: ‘the dijolning. bank. - Here, thie “tools “out; “fair pay yn n little: “enue sold. “Tony, Minard 1 sindpedd -tilong. the ‘vim: ‘tock ‘at: the: ‘Cone. + fiuence “of MeConnell | ‘and ‘the: “Ingenien ae: took: out fair pay. ‘ion: “was that® it - was no “poor” man's -creek—dams and ditches heing too" ex: [pensive to build tor the small: ‘operator Jack MecCammis, ; gallon cans: furnished | the mousie, ani. “Tie: general opin~ Bedrock was never struck ‘on: MceCon-. nell creck, exceyit” right: ‘at: the. agouth Farther up the creek’ the surface “grav) -was only a. ‘few feet deep, the: pay dirt Jaying ona ‘falwe hedrock of boulder clay, Many ittempts ‘to sink through this hard pan. were ‘made ‘th, the hope. of Jocating nN furthe. deposit. of gravel: AL were “unsuccessful, although Bates and Olson sunk" a shaft sixty feet deep. With. the assistance of the Jensen boyy: they then ‘pounded. a Core: drill” a fur ‘ther seventy feet and were still, ad the glacial clay. - . . The pack train from Hazelton rench- ‘el .MecCouneli creek on June 29, 1007 All work ceased, and Bates and Olson ‘kept jpen house id. the - prospectors | * gathered to’ get their supplles, : ithe Canadians decided to. celebrate Dominion Day. The Americans being ‘about equal in nuinber, it. was decided to begin on the First. and continue un-. til. the: Fourth, The first event staged: wus a duel. betiveen - Pete Enoch apd another Scandinavian over a‘ dispute regarding the. respective inerits: of: thr: bayonet and broadsword. : “One | “was. armed with a six’ foot jnck pine pok ‘and the other with a sturdy three-foo! sapling, - “The duel was of, short dura-. ‘tlon. At the word “on | “poard”” the Fellday “we rhe ie (Bob Brown of ‘Hazelton Shot ~ Himself Thurs - Bob ‘Brown, one Lat ‘the best ‘known, , this: entire district,’ committed , snicide on -‘Thurday_ morning al . about. - SB. 80.' He had been. ill for a long: time and * _ recently he had given up hope of a're- mee envery, His condition preyed upon: hiy Ynind‘to sneh, an extent. that for a week. he bad heen, more. or less insane, in fact le had stated -to some of the other Tudians that he intended ending it all. Bob hunted up a two barrelled, silver wuted, pearl. handled - revolver. with -| which to do the deed, and he took it to hed ow ith’ him. - Tn’ the imorniug wher. la one else’ wos about he put the gun to -his head just behind. hisear and Yet it go. The builet went thrvugh his head, and camé dut higher up on the other ‘side. Death Was instantaneous. - Brown lived ‘Just a couple of ‘houses from the Indian agent and. that: offi- cial wag notified at once. In compans: with police’ officers Capt. Mortimer. Indian . Agent, visited the house and then notified . the coroner who, ‘aceom- ‘panied by Cons. Oland of: the provin- | cial police, drove down from Smitbers. After an: examination the coroner de- cided that oh inquest was not neces. sary as the deed was quite apparently (une: by the. dead man, The funera} was held on Saturday’ with interment in the: Hazelton cemetery... =. The suicide of Bob Brown caused « al lot. of excitement among the: ‘Thdians, and they. asked the Indian Agent to find out: how: Brown cane to, be Tosses- : sed of guns. Besides he taney. re volver. he,ajso had, a'shot, gui ‘which he 2 had: only’ taken home the: afternoon. be-. . fore. It was stated by. ‘his: ‘wife. that | the revolver had. been purchased some thne ago from’ 2 police’ officer, before, the: officer. left “Hazélton.”: ‘Brown was'a native of Kitwancoo! but had been” around Hazelton for the Jlast thirty years, and in the early days. worked in Larkworthy’s- store.in Hazel . ton. ‘ He‘was known far and wide and was one of the more, advanced ‘and suc cessful Indians. “He. leaves many re lattves throughout the . district. Ue Ww as. about sixty-five years. old. “at awards the latter part of June My and Mrs: George Dungate of Taxeltor will Yeave for on extended trip to th OW Country. esa “ “The Hospital. Auxiliary | Patriotic Bridge, Juné 3rd. _ Hodder’ s Hall 8. 30. p. m. : | Admission 50c | ee cA ‘jure eniie baseball ‘teain . has ‘been ‘organized in' New. Hazelton -and: thi boys have: taken around ‘a: subscription _ list for funds. They were, quite Bue, ‘cessful in their efforts and have ‘sent, for some equipment which they re. quire in order’ to put up a first, class game of ball, and that is what they are stexs in. “sehool. now who will be ready graduate ‘trom school, ‘or even, before. . Indiuns and one of. the best. Indians in” going to do. ‘There’ isn. ‘ot of young: for the'senlor téam by the time they