and as he came up to them, he recog- nized two young Indians of the Old Fort Babine Band, ‘Jeff’? Williams and Alfred Michel. The ghastly ap- partition of a white man_ stagging down the road, face covered in blood, clothes sticky with the red stains from the wound under his jaw, was enough to startle anyone. One of the two boys announced as soon as the man came up, “‘Kylling two white men shot at us.’ Law- rence Kylling replied with difficulty, “Well, I’ve been shot too.”’ Williams then came closer to the wounded man and murmured, “That is too bad. You are the only friend we have here. [wo bad they shot you like that.’ The other Indian youth was standing close by, a rifle in his hand. They told Kylling that they were on their way to Babine, or Topley Landing, about twenty miles up the road. Kylling replied, “Don’t go back there, because those white men are still up there. One of you go at once to the Richfield Mine and ‘phone for somebody to come up with a car or truck and meet me at seven mile.’’ Williams replied, “All right, I'll go,’ and set off up the road to the mine. Meanwhile Michel stayed with the injured man, but uneasy, he began to shuffle off, and in a few moments Kylling was again on his own.

A queer feeling came over Kylling. What if those boys had left him in the lurch? Would they go to see Innes at the mine and ‘phone, or had they decamped and left him to perish on the road? Indians will do funny things when they are afraid. Well, there was nothing else to do but to try and make the mine him- self.

About three-quarters of a mile up the mine road, Kylling met the two boys coming down. Yes, they had telephoned and a truck would meet Kylling at the seven-mile post. Satis- fied now the message had been sent, he retraced his steps to the main road

and awaited the rescue party which was finally on its way.

_ A truck rolled up, and three men jumped out. They were Stan Mackie, Mr. McRae and Vincent Morrice. Kylling was lying on the snow, very weak and unable to talk. The two Indian lads were standing alongside,

Kylling’s cabin which he found ransacked,

and when addressed, told the party that they had met Lawrence at eight- mile and had walked with him to seven-mile where they had awaited arrival of the truck. Mackie and McRae picked up the wounded man and placed him gently into the truck, then turning to the Indians, asked them to come along. Williams de- murred a little, saying that he had left his packsack at eight-mile and wanted to go back for it, but finally agreed to return to Topley with the truck.

As soon as the party reached Top- ley, a call was sent to Burns Lake for the police and for a doctor. Cons- table R. W. Strouts of the Burns Lake Detachment responded at once, bringing with “him Dr. f. C: Holmes. The doctor quickly exam- ined the patient and made him as comfortable as possible. He told Strouts that a small calibre bullet had apparenty struck Kylling above, and lateral to the left eye. The bullet had traveled downwards through the roof of the mouth, then through the lower portion of the mouth and out under the jaw.

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