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The Chilkats liked S. Hall Young, Muir’s proselytizing companion, and granted him permission to build a Presbyterian school and mission that grew to become Haines.

From New York Times • May 21, 2018

How different was my position among the noble Chilkats!

From Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 by Various

The Chilkats are very proud of their 'King George man' flag!

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)

One thing they took away with them was the Company's flag, which the Chilkats keep at Kluckwan, their village on the Chilkat River which lies in the valley just over the mountains west of Skagway.

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)

Well, when the Hudson Bay Company showed up, it broke up the cinch the Chilkats thought their own, and they came after the Company.

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)