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In the winter of 1919-1920, Sergeant O.

Douglas was in charge of the detachment of the M.

At Fullerton over 400 miles north of Churchill and 100 miles up the coast from Chesterfield Inlet: going down to the Hudson Bay Company Post at Chesterfield Inlet in December, 1919, he found awaiting him a letter from the Manager of the Hudson Bay Companys Post at Baker Lake, 150 miles inland up Chesterfield Inlet informing him that two of his hunters were murdered by another native who was at large to the great terror of the native population.

Douglas, of course, determined to go up to Baker Lake at once, and arrived there, January 8 he found that Ou-ang-wak, was accused of shooting two brothers of the same tribe, Angalook-you-ak and Ale-summick, all living some 150 miles south: the murdered had also appropriated the wife of the former.

The natives were so afraid of the murderer that it was with very great difficulty that the Officer was able to get anyone to make the trip with him to arrest the accused.