log fence and he had the advantage of
riting until I tried to vault that fence,
id then through the torn canvas he could
st riddle me.

The silence was the worst part of it. If
» had been shouting at us I could have
yne forward with much more courage. But
ere was something unearthly about the
orning. The man was mad, no doubt,
it he was also full of native cunning. |
ime at last to the final barricade and,

;

His huge frame almost filled the tent. His
eyes were open, staring toward the ceiling,
and he was dead as any man could be with
a bullet through his heart.

My God, he was a sight!

His face was buried beneath a wild mess
of black hair. His eyes were white, staring,
wild. I thought, as I stood there looking at
him, that he had eyes like a hawk. There
was an almost inhuman expression in them.

His hair had not been cut nor combed

Crossing the Nechako River with body on sleigh.

rasping the revolver tightly in my hand, I
aulted over.

As I landed on the other side, I stumbled
lightly and lurched toward the tent. Work-
ng as fast as I could, I threw the flap open
nd pushed the revolver inside.

DEATH FOLLOWED DEFIANCE

Then in the awful light I saw him.
He was lying on his back on the floor.

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midnight mantle. He was clothed in rags
and lying by his side was the huge rifle
which he always carried.

Bill, Charlie and the Russian came in
answer to my call. We searched the tent
and we went through his pockets to uncover
identification. All we could find in his
ragged pockets was one American dime.
There wasn’t a note of any kind to give us
a lead as to who he might have been. In
the tent we found seven boxes of shells,
and a number of boxes of matches which
he had looted from cabins in the district.

Our work was finished for the moment.
We threw his blanket over the huge body
and started back. For awhile we debated
as to the necessity for one of us to stand
on guard in case animals molested the corpse
but none of us wanted the job, so we risked
leaving it alone until a party could be sent
in to remove the remains.

Some Indians put the body on a sled and
hauled it out for a coroner’s inquest. They
had a tough job, too, as the snow was melt-
ing now and the river was slushy when they
pulled the sled across.

Now the wild man was finished, but the
mystery still remained as to his identity. As
the body lay in the funeral parlour in Fort
George, trappers, bartenders, hunters,
traders, prospectors and everyday citizens
were brought forward to view the corpse.
No one could identify the giant.

This was most unusual, for he was a
man standing six feet, four inches and heav-
ily constructed. He was not the type who
would be easily forgotten. After he was
shaved and cleaned up a number again
looked him over but still there was no recog-
nition. Chief Minty had some photographs

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