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Letter to Dad

This letter is written by Stanley William Bird to his father. Each page is numbered 1 through 7 and it comes in two parts. Part one, dated June 27th, talks about the murders of seven men in June 1918, and is a good measurement of the rumours and assumptions made at the time about the money, the perpetrators, and the victims. This letter also describes the wildlife in the area (wild horses, beaver, moose, bear, silver and cross foxes, timber wolf), the remnants of the Klondike Trail which is also the pack trail from Prairie City to Pouce Coupe, and looks forward to the July 1 Sports Day and that “all the Indians in the country will be there”. Part two, dated July 11th, gives the “latest news” which is that the number of men murdered has increased to thirteen. He also mentions that he is making $70.00 per month working on a steam plowing outfit, and that he is going hunting with an Indigenous man. The last line if the letter says “Indian name Wi-kit-sis.”

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