Squinteye, also known as Inuqa-Jem, was a Klahoose man. He worked as a packer for
the Bute Inlet Road crew during the attacks known as the Chilcotin War. According to Squinteye's testimony in
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 8 October 1864, CO 305:23, no. 10964, 325, the leader of the Chilcotin War,
Lhatŝ'aŝʔin, told
them they need not go to the Ferry; that they would find nobody there, for he had
killed Smith.
Squinteye passed on the news of
Timothy Smith's death to
Victoria, but little was done in response.
Lhatŝ'aŝʔin and his party went on to kill a total of 14 people.
After the main attack of the Chilcotin War, Squinteye assisted the three surviving
workers and later testified against
Lhatŝ'aŝʔin in court, in
1864.
Lhatŝ'aŝʔin and five other Tsilhqot'in chiefs were hanged for killing the road crew. They have since been exonerated, and the Canadian government has recognized that
the Tsilhqot'in were protecting their lands from encroachment.