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er in hand. All the satisfac
tion they could obtain from
the Governor was that he did
not have time to attend to the
matter. P L Shell, A R Ryan
and Dr. J Ballou offered their
services free of charge to
hand over the murderer to
the authorities, but could not
get them interested in the
case.
The native Nicolai, being
the son of a medicine man,
was greatly elated by his dis
tardly deed and was greatly
feared by the rest of his tribe.
He swaggered around the post
I
for some time following the
murder, and several times
threatened Mr. Shell, who sue,
ceeded Mr. Holt as agent for
the A. C. Company at Knik.;
Mr. Shell tried to explain the
enormity of the crime he had
committed and that the offi
cers of the law were liable to
take hold of him at any time
but he paid no attention to
the warning and continued to
make threats against the life;
of Mr. Shell.
Later, Nicolai returned to I
his domain on the Matanuska
but in the winter of 1891 he
came into Knik with the av
owed intention of killing Mr.
Shell. He came to the station
armed to the teeth, but Mr.
Shell was prepared for him.
He had a tower built 25 feet
high, on the blockhouse style,
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from which he took Nicolai
by surprise, and justice was
done the Indian in real west
ern style, but not until the
law had been given every op
portunity to do justice.
Following the killing of Nic
olai, there ensued twenty
eight days of the most vigi
lant watching from the tow
er while the mercury stood at
freezing point or lower. The
white men were compelled to
take turns keeping watch on
the natives to prevent them
from surprising the whites
and murdering everybody.
Finally the tundra broke and
the Matanuska Indians were
forced to fall back into their
own country.
The Indian Afinaeie, was
still at large and there has
never been any attempt to
apprehend him, although he
is the one actually respons
ible for the committing of the
murder by Nicolai.
It is only a few years ago,
that a native murdered a girl
(Indian) at a village on Susit
na river, and burned the
body. This crime has been ov
erlooked by the authorities
and has passed underneath.
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