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Aug. 22c James A. Wickersham diary, 1901.

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Collection Name	Wickersham State Historic Site. Manuscripts, 1884-1970s.
Identifier	ASL-MS0107-Diary02-1901-August22c
Title	Aug. 22c James A. Wickersham diary, 1901.
Creator	Wickersham, James, 1857-1939
Contributors	Slemmons, Mary Anne [Transcriber]
Type	Text
Ordering & Use	http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 mailto:asl@eed.state.ak.us
Transcript	from active service, married native women on Athka island, and are now lords of Athka and Attou. The crew of the Challenge consists of the half breed sons of the two old sea dogs, and a daughter attends as cook. Their cargo was [previous word struck through] {consisted} of furs, fish and baskets, they take back their supplies for the winter. No other white men except these two live to the westward of Unalaska. Grand jury returned three indictments against Fred. Hardy, one each for the murder of Con. Sullivan, Florence Sullivan and P. J. Rooney. They were murdered on June 7th 1901, on Unimak island. They and a man by the name of Jackson were there prospecting. Leaving their camp, the murderer approached, secured their guns, and upon their return shot killed and robbed them. Jackson escaped after incredible hardship, and finally reached
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