Daily Colonist (1905-07-23) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1905-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

one see.--, a siniill vvliarf, fiom which, •toiling upwr.u! toward tlie lown, is a loaded Scotch cart. Moored clo.-e beside the .iauies' Hay bridge is the little schooner Uob Uoy, just returned frimi Xootka Sound, b'or back-ground to the picture one has plue and cedar, balsa ni and opruce, with hero auti tljere the yel-Jow-greeii maple.

Shortly after the arrival of the Kob ']{«y from Neotkn, Alocoida, with a uu-merous armed biind of .Mowichats, ar-jrived in \'icloria, and demanded to soi the (ioveriior. .Tames Dou'^'las ,^'ave ini-Jncdiate audienci', and heard the tale of the , I'Clniinolla and the skip]ier of the Itob l!oy; the latter was kept safely out of court, foi' none knew more than the (Jovernor, and Chief of I'olice I'emlicr-toa. of the murderous. reven;.(^fal s]iirit with which Indi.-nis <'an-ie(l <iu a feuil — lii'iiaii miirder.s being a Irequenl occur-leuce iu the very streets of Victoria.

After 'lienring th« facts. Governor Douglas told .Mocoola that Cogweb was perfectl.v justiliotl iu shooting his frenzied assail.int. t'lxm hearing this de-<ision. Mocii(da liecanic insolenl and threalcniug, and eventually had t<i be n'-iiioved from the ■■durl house by fun e. For many neeks .Mocoola eucau.ped in the vicinity of .lames' Hay, waitiu'.; witli Indian ii.ilieuce for revenge—he ov-si wf'nt .SI) far as to p.ali-h up a century-oid feud Willi his hereditary foes the ^luig-liees. Cogwidl. nieaniiiiie ti.ided east and s.a'.ili. witli ever ,i wary eye upon .Mocoola and his tribesmen.

One day Cogwell, who was transtict-ing some biusiness in the Hudlson's Bay warelionse. was i'Dformcd that an Indian wished to .tee him. The Indiati lirovcd to be n Mowichat named Pe-sh i-Klim, the herald or spokes.uaa of his Iribo. who.se ofllee was to iiroclaim in stenloriin tones tho messages and commands of his chief. On this oceasioc: 1'e-sli.'i-K,lini brought a mess.-ige iiu his own arciiml. to tbe effect tiial .Moeoohi was liaii'.iiiig a iilot r.guinsl Cogwell. lo 'lake effiH i iu the iiieir future; wliaf the ]dot was, o!- wlieu it '.vas to be exei-uted, 1'e-sha-Klini would iiol say. The friendly warning had lieeu given because CVic-, well luid, many .'uonths previously,-saved ilic infaut sou of I'e-sha Klim from dcowiunsr. :;t eonsidenihle pprsonni risk; .tliuH Indian revenge and Indian gratitude wont hand in hand. Wlint make's fliis warning all the more remarkable is the fact lhat Pe-slia-Klim was himself a KliiiiiKilla, and in conveying the warning to a foe of the brotli'Orhooi:, liMii vii.ilatcd numerous weird, and doubllc-.s uiieiiiiirDrtable. oaths. .Vdveu-Inrons, i;_dd-heai leil anil' reddess, Cog-widl made lii;lu of the warning; like many of his ebi.ss. his liioad Vfns more ofii'u in d.'iiuer than not, and familiarity ever bi-eeils contempt.

-V week Liter tlie ltob Roy^with her usual <'rew

upon a trip lo the mainlnml. It was noonda.v. ai;d nn one on board the little schooner dreamt of foul play. .\s the si'lionner was passing out of th« inner hiirbor, and when close lo the Indian

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