^Thrilling chapters in ‘kid
W ‘NAPING' OF ALASKA TRAPPER
(Continued-from Page 2.)
’Jan. 31. Calm fine weather, went
t(o east end of the island resetting
t traps. Ice all gone, lost three traps,
t thousands of ducks.
Feb. 8. Blowing north wind, met
Perry.
Feb.-27. Wind southeast, left for
1 Warner’s camp north of island.
Mar. 8. Northeast wind, cloudy;
A getting mild.
April 3. Blowing west wind. I am
. leaving for the main camp today,
n nothing no more to eastr I do not
i, know what Captain Brown will say.
April 4. Fine day, south wind.
* Could hear so mewalrus bellowing.
„ Millions of ducks, spring time coming.
-Mike’s . preoccupation with the
v weather is not reflected in Warner’s
« diaryf which purports to give an ac
t count of happenings from April 13:
April 13. Arrived at schooner. Left
i. fur about 5 miles back. Things loon
very grave. The Dutchman has his
. eyes opened now and is very uneasy.
. Boat (skiff) hauled u pon banb, all
a. ready for launching. Brown hauled
it about 100 yards alone. Mike asked
* why he hadhauled it up there, and
. he said he was going to shoot a seal,
. and two or three days later told me
-he had not seen a seal since last tall.
- I toid Mike that boat was our hearse.
April. 15.. St. Matthew Kid uneasy,
. restless,, on boat a little while, then
. in cabin,.then vice versa. At noon left
, for his trap cabin. Arrived home 5:30
p..m. All he had was 3 joints of old
stove pipe (6 in.), no use at all. I
. think he took his cache of grub out
and cached it for his Seattle trip.
There ware coffee, butter, milk, pork
* canned, eggs, and I believe 3 pounds
Crisco. Took out of cache and stored
away by him, to use after he had dis
I posed .op- us- ana tne aog. - i misseu
the grub the first morning I was here.
April 15. St. Matthew Kid fired
> two stones up on the boat just for a
. stall. Alike and I are waching. Guns
i. very close. Kid looking for a chance
. to get them first. Stall, he came in
- house, reported walrus i nsight. Took
telescope -out and climbed rigging.
- Mike stayed by guns and I watched
. *he Kid, .second next stall. I asked
- him several uestions and when he
went out I told Mike that is all bait
,^to get me on the schooner and hit me
• >n the head. Mike very much fright
ened. Thirty days ago he could see
- nothing but white fox. Today he can
. see nothing but St. Kid with a. gun
. and then -he lan see a dead Dutchman
with blood and sauerkraut flowing 1
told Mike this afternoon that I
thought he had a pistol and it would
not he advisable fo go to the schooner
. and try to take him. For if he had
a gun some one would get killed, and
the best thing to do was to wait until
'.the* following morning when he went
out on the beach then take him wi h
- out bloodshed if possible, but if he
i showed fight then go to get him,
. standing or laying, but take him, fo:*
we have it to,do if we want to live,
. that is plain to be s-.von now. /
Apiil i7. St. M. Kid builds fire. I
: get up .. d cress as usual. The Kid
: said, bringing some milk from cache,
: so I went to cache took some hand
v euffs from my war sack, put them in
i my hip pocket, came to house, hail
- coffee the Kid cooked, hot cakes, we
; ate, everyone having a smoke, Kid
finally started to put on his boots to
go out. I did likewise, but he/ stalled
for some reason or other (gun) and
I did likewise so he (Kid) s.ayed too
long and I was afraid he might catch
- on, so I got my shaving outfit and
was going to shave. Then he went
out and I gave Mike instructions and
reached up, got my Winchester down,
put a shell in chamber From my
pocket, went out the door. Mike very
uneasy. Then I started toward the
Kid with gun ready for action,
walked 30 feet before he noticed, then
he turned his face toward me and
I then I gave him the command to
4 *tick them up, I a mgoing to take up.
jtg&UAtcd. -ThisiAutn-' I. pulled __gun
down on him locked "and said, stick
them up uick. No bull to this, I am
onto you, dead on to .your game, the
last time it worked, this time it don’t.
You make one move and I will- get
all that bull out of you in one hunch,
it will not be stringing along .as-it has
been. Now your Canadian N. W. T.
game is out and fou have lost. We
will begin a new game, a Yanl^se
game, and to start with I have a
Winchester full, and I am going to
make it win. I paid Mike you walk
up the beach until I tell you to stop
and hold the cuffs open. At that I
took the cuffs from my hip pocket
and handed them over to Mike. He
was excited and walked between me
and the Kid after telling him before
not to go between the Kid and where
I stood, but go behind me. He walked
to where I had command of the Kid
without being in any danger to him
self and I stopped him. Then I said
to the Kid you walk over to Mike and
put your right hand in that cuff. He
walked over all right with hands up
but Mike was not seeing white fox
just then, but was thinking of poor
Mike and put left cuff out, so Kid put
left hand in cuff first. Well I let it
go at that and when he was made
good and fast with wrench and jack
nuts I ordered hi mto walk toward
igloo and when I told him to stop, to
do so or I would stop him.
I am sleeping on top of a loaded
Winchester and a naked hunting
knife under my head with lamp burn
ing all the dark hours during night.
April 18. Fixing gun April 18, told
me to put big gun away * * more
territory * * * note in fox skins
told to Kid ■* * * fooling him since
last fall * * * will try and be
good. When I set gun down vrst
time after making St. M. Kid Iturned
and said to Mike, this gun is loaded
and do not touch it any time. Dis
mantling guns, searching trunk and
April 17. I will set aside today and I
tomorrow to curse each other in and !
tell one another his faults, and let
eoch other know that he knows the
other fello whas been a liar all the
time. That job, I think, will occupy
my time for the next two days with
you fellows, when the time is upi
there will be no more, remember the
date, this is none of your St. M. Bull
now, this is final.
This gun has kept me alive the last
ix monu.s, and I believe by careful
handling and close watching it will
do likewise the next two months, at
any rate I am going to be boss as
long as this old gun and I stay to*!
gether and where you find one- you
will find the other.
April 18. Mike takes my dog and
goes after furs that I had left be
hind, pretty windy and stormy day.
Kid feels me out as to what I Intend
to do with him. I told him it all de
pends on your actions from the time
you walked up to Mike and put your
hands in those cuffs, until we reach
main land. He tryed me out to see
if I would really defend myself. He
asked me to take cues off until he
went to toilet while we were alone.
I will give you my pjromise that I
will be good if you take one cuff off.
I said, what the hell good is your
promise to me, the nerve you have to
offer sue ha valueless thing to me for
your freedom for ten minutes, after
you told me so many lies. I will take
cuff off but you remember what I told
you yesterday, that I was done gam
bling with you, although 1 will take
this cuff off not on your promise
though, I start to take it off, I am'
taking them off for the simple reason
I have confidence in myself to master
the situation. Now it is you that is
gambling not me. I had my hunting
knife in hand, naked and backed over
to my loaded Winchester.-. Now you
can go but do not try any of your
funny stuff this time for it will not
work here any more. Mike returned
about 6 p. m.with fur. All O. K.
Leg irons on floor.
April 19. Snowing and blowing a
blizzard, everyone laying in. The Kid
behaving fine, but’ the last two nights
he has been up four times looking for
a chance to get me asleep mostly.
Kk. breaks down today and tells me
in cas canything happens to him to
notify Joe Agnew.
Night April 17. At bed time I told;
Kid not to attempt to get out of his!
bed without calling me first, and by I
doin gas instructed you will prevent;
a serious accident in here.
April . 21). St.. Matthe wKid is a|
model prisoner up to date. He sleeps
very little during night. I take one
hour before dinner and get - what .1
can after noon.
April 21. St..M. Kid slept-a little
after midnight, hi snerves-are becom
in gnormal again I think.
April 22. Tonight I have him
fastened to the wall with chains. . He
can stand on his feet alongside of
bed alone, and I feel much more safe’
than before. Storm abating • and
every one was out after timbers . to ;
launch schooner. The Kid was put t4
hewing drift fish trap piling for-skids. ■
April 24. Out this morning .at 7. a.
m. to work. Kid seems to have made
up his mind to stay with us M while
longer.
May 2. I gave the Kid instructions
not to go on boat or in cache and not
to Let me catch him around door at
any time. If he wanted .anything to
holler.
May 18. Big day today and all on
an empty stomach before breakfast.
I discovered last night a plot the Kid
was laying to get me. It was the
second time he had permission on
schooner since he was made prisoner.
April 17. First over barometer was
an instruction book on the Cummins
full diesel engine and he cached it. I
asked him what he had done with the
book. He said he had started the fire
with it. Another good taking to and
some instructions for him .to think
over and wound up with telling him
I would be out on the schooner :9 a.
m «in/l if Rnnlr r»f In«frni*finn« WPPP
not on top of Barometer when I came
e would be ironed, hot hlegs ..and
arms until I disposed of him on main
land to a government official. .It wan
there.
May 27. South wind all day, .hut
cold, down around freezin g point, all
day. Ice pack timing in close.about-6
m. S. Heard walrus bellowing l,p. m.
today. Too far at sea to i^ke the
hearse and go after them so we will
have to do without meat .a'.while yet
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NOTfiCE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby given that the un- i
dwsigned has filed his final .reportand
account as administrator de bonis non
at the estate of Joe .Kermond, de
ceased, and that such report .wilL be
heard and considered hy the Prohate
Judge of Otter Precinct, Fourth JDivi
sion of Alaska, at his office .at .Flat,
Alaska, on the 10th day of June A; J>.
1920, at the hour of two o’cloik in the
afternoon of said day.
All persons having objections to
such report may be heard at said time
and j>lace.
CHARLES E. TAYLOR,
Administrator de bonis non Es
tate of Joe Kermond, deceased.
First pub., March 30, 1929.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
Net ana ...‘00
Tavern Roadhouse .17%
Knight’s Roadhouse . 23%
Nineteen-Mile ’Roadhouse . 58
Diamond Roadhouse.76,
Roosevelt . 89
Lake Minchumina.11b
Trappers’ Cabin . 132
Lone Star Roadhouse .356
Telida Roadhouse . 169%
Slow Fork Roadhouse. 187
East Fork Roadhouse ...) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse.227%
Big River Roadhouse .241
McGrath ...263
Takotna . 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse .-291
Ophir .. 300
McCafferty .306
Brown Creek shelter cabin . 318
Fritz shelter cabin .. 333
First Chance shelter cabin . 346
Schermeyer R. H.. 360
Iditarod ._... 376 ;
Flat .384
Bonanzza sheler cabin, 12 miles
from Flat.
Crooked Crei. . shelter cabin, 19
utiles ironu ^ot.atWH.
Babeesch
Moeaehkle Mitts and^ootsi
Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh^Groceries ancLFcuits
Canned Goods of All .Kinds Beds aacL-J
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TAKOTNA B0ADH08SE
Best of Meads and Booms
•' Where Everything I* 'Hemelike anti
Where Y«u iAmtCMiall; W elcemetf
good dog bouses
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