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Here and there an angry torrent of water to overcome or an' ' I * ^ — • •almost inpenetrable bed of rockor brush to remove with an oe-. ' -casional battle with a wild beast* • . 4or a bloody conflict with Indians— one can hardly comprehend the ; hardships and dangers that theybraved. “Ned Stout is one of•»the survivors of the terrible'; massacre perpetrated by the Indians along the banks of the Fraser in ’58. Vividly can he recall that awful conflict on• i • • * • • .»•.«•** . » a , ’ # •Slaughter Flat then known as Mariners’ Bar and just above Keefers and with several ugly wounds on his arms and body where the Indians’ arrows or the bullets from their muskets cut him down he has tangible evidence of the tragedy.There were twenty in his party all bent on finding the pre-• - * * • . • . •ciousgold. All through the canyon they had with the savages but it was not until they were in the vicinity of Jackass mountain that theylearned of a determind effort to• • • \ ..•«* • • * • *kill off the white men. Histrusted partner v James- McLennan, leader of the party, was friendly with a klobtehman and she it was who forewarned them.As an army will conduct a flank movement on the battlefield this little band of prospectors decided to beat a retreat around Jackass mountain in the hope that savages who were then pressing way up the riverwithout detecting them. Butthe fates had decreed against
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Merritt Nicola Valley News
Merritt, British Columbia, CA
Fri, Apr 22, 1910
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