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VIEW FROM “THE BLUFFS,’ GALIANO ISLAND, NEAR THE CAVE WHERE
BADMAN INDIAN AH-CHEE-WUN HID.

\ brown hand reached out and an
Indian’s head, replete in war paint,
same into view. Shortly five Indians
stood upon the plateau and gazed sea-
wards. Jumping to his feet Smith de-
nanded that the natives surrender.
The startled natives whirled and re-
dlied with a wicked volley of rifle fire.
Smith and his commpanion retired
aastily to the shelter of some stunted
fir trees. Others of the gunboat’s force
appeared on the trail and crouched in
osition opposing the five Indians.
Smith gave the word to advance and
the men closed in. It looked as though
the chase was over.

Then, as if by magic, the quarry
disappeared. At one moment the force

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was closing in on their quarry, the
next moment, there was no quarry. It
was mystifying. Carefully the men
approached a clump of bracken and
the search began for the hidden
approach to the cave. Incredible as it
may sound, records show that it was
several hours before the carefully con-
cealed entrance was discovered in the
rocky terrain.
Gunboats Too Much

The chase ended shortly afterwards.
Ah-Chee-Wun himself surrendered.
He knew that under the direct fire of
the gunboats’ armament he had little
chance. It was discovered that the cave
had two entrances... the one the
larger force had surrounded the pre-
vious night and the one where the
aged culprit and his henchmen had
emerged from that morning.

The long career of Ah-Chee-Wun
had ended. He was tried in Victoria,
convicted of murder and hanged in
Bastion Square on July 4, 1863.

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To this day, the entrance to the
famous cave has defied many searches.
Very few know where to look, but it
is established that inside the anchor-
age at Montague Harbor, on Galiano
Island, about 40 feet from the shore-
line, the careful searcher will find the
concealed entrance. The long cave
has natural window-like openings and
hundreds of bats make the place their
resting place.

This, it is thought, is the basis of
the old illustration in ancient history
books of the province. The old haunts
of Ah-Chee-Wun may indeed have
been known as The Pallisades in
in olden times. * *

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