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The Benton Record
Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Montana
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An Indigenous man near Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island, murdered his rejected lover after failing to meet her blanket bride price demands, mutilated her body, and now defies punishment, as reported by the Victoria Colonist.
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The Victoria Colonist furnishes the following account of an Indian lover's wooing and subsequent murder of his inamorata:
"A savage belonging to one of the tribes near Barclay Sound, on the West coast of Vancouver Island, became enamored of an Indian woman, recently, but paid his addresses in vain. Her friends objected to the match because the number of blankets cast at her feet was deemed insufficient to secure her affection. The Indian hunted, fished, and stole to procure the number of blankets the maiden had set as the price of her charms. But as often as he reached the fixed number, as often did the fickle dusky one advance the figure, till at length the savage gave up the struggle in despair, and sought her love no more. His affection, in fact, seemed to have turned to hate, for, meeting her in the bush near the village about a month ago, he set upon her with a knife, with which he killed her. He then cut off the arms and legs, and mutilated the body, scattering the limbs and pieces through the woods. The murderer openly defies punishment, and glories in the bloody deed."
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Barclay Sound, West Coast Of Vancouver Island
Event Date
About A Month Ago
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the woman was killed with a knife, her arms and legs cut off, body mutilated and scattered in the woods; the murderer defies punishment and glories in the deed.
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A man from a tribe near Barclay Sound became enamored of an Indian woman but failed to meet her increasing blanket demands for marriage, despite hunting, fishing, and stealing to obtain them. In despair, his affection turned to hate; about a month ago, he met her in the bush near the village, killed her with a knife, mutilated her body by cutting off limbs and scattering pieces through the woods.