Endock
Endock was a White River First Nation man. He was at a hunt camp on the White River during the first snow fall of 1911. Chee-cha-ka was sitting on a box at the campfire and Endock was sitting opposite. He asked Chee-cha-ka to pay him for a gun that he had purchased from Endock sometime previously. Chee-cha-ka was known as a bad man and he became angry and threatened to kill Endock, drawing a knife and putting it under his seat and at the same time reaching for his gun. Endock immediately seized his own gun and shot Chee-cha-ka. Inspector E. Telford and Reg Sergt. F.H. Thompson patrolled to Coffee Creek in late March and arrested Endock. The old man admitted to the murder in a straightforward manner. He was committed for trial on 1 April 1912 and came before Justice Macaulay and a jury on 4 April. The jury decided that he had acted in self-defence and Endock was acquitted.1)