Utah Enquirer | 1890-02-11 | Page 1 | An Indian Chief Murdered

1 INDIAN CHIEF ti to the SEATTLE wash feb 7 A banoo was benched here this afternoon in which wa wai i of klaskow an indian chief from alaska his friends acting as pallbearers pall bearers came in other cancea and told alie sheriff here eliat the chief had been murdered at aiki point on sunday evening they say that four white men came to their cabin and tried to sell whisky for exorbitant prices the indians refused to buy A fight ensued and one of alie white men I 1 shot klaskow in alio stomach he died immediately alio indians chased the white men and though unarmed managed to cut ona badly in the thigh the indians arc now following tho murderer for revenge and tho sheriff is follow 1 ing his trail to bring him to justice